The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2Richardson, 1821 |
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... bring . To decency so fine a thing ? In short , by night , ' twas fits or fretting ; By day , ' twas gadding or coquetting . Fond to be seen , she kept a bevy Of powder'd coxcombs at her levee ; The ' squire and captain took their ...
... bring . To decency so fine a thing ? In short , by night , ' twas fits or fretting ; By day , ' twas gadding or coquetting . Fond to be seen , she kept a bevy Of powder'd coxcombs at her levee ; The ' squire and captain took their ...
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... bring back lustre to her eyes ; In vain she tries her paste and creams To smooth her skin , or hide its seams ; Her country beaux and city cousins , Lovers no more , flew off by dozens The ' squire himself was seen to yield , And ev❜n ...
... bring back lustre to her eyes ; In vain she tries her paste and creams To smooth her skin , or hide its seams ; Her country beaux and city cousins , Lovers no more , flew off by dozens The ' squire himself was seen to yield , And ev❜n ...
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... bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied , And water from the spring . VIII . “ Then , pilgrim , turn , thy cares forego ; All earth - born cares are wrong ; Man wants but little here below , Nor wants that little long . " IX ...
... bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied , And water from the spring . VIII . “ Then , pilgrim , turn , thy cares forego ; All earth - born cares are wrong ; Man wants but little here below , Nor wants that little long . " IX ...
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... brings , Are trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things , More trifling still than they . XIX . " And what is friendship but a name , A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame , But leaves the ...
... brings , Are trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things , More trifling still than they . XIX . " And what is friendship but a name , A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame , But leaves the ...
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... reign , And industry begets a love of gain . Hence all the good from opulence that springs , With all those ills superfluous treasure brings , Are here display'd . Their much lov❜d wealth imparts Convenience THE TRAVELLER . 39.
... reign , And industry begets a love of gain . Hence all the good from opulence that springs , With all those ills superfluous treasure brings , Are here display'd . Their much lov❜d wealth imparts Convenience THE TRAVELLER . 39.
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Page 47 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 89 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Page 50 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly!
Page 88 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote...
Page 48 - And sleights of art and feats of strength went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.
Page 55 - Where then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits...
Page 48 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green; One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain...
Page 23 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...
Page 53 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 50 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.