The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His PoetryCadell & Davies, 1805 - 148 páginas |
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... Lord Nugent ( afterwards Earl of Clare ) , Mr. Burke , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Dr. Nugent , Mr. Bennet Langton , Mr. Topham Beauclerc , & c . and he was elected one of the first mem- bers of " The Literary Club , " which had been just ...
... Lord Nugent ( afterwards Earl of Clare ) , Mr. Burke , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Dr. Nugent , Mr. Bennet Langton , Mr. Topham Beauclerc , & c . and he was elected one of the first mem- bers of " The Literary Club , " which had been just ...
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds recom- mended Goldsmith to his Majesty for the Honorary Professorship of History , which was graciously conferred on him . In the following year he produced that highly- finished poem called " The Deserted Vil- lage ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds recom- mended Goldsmith to his Majesty for the Honorary Professorship of History , which was graciously conferred on him . In the following year he produced that highly- finished poem called " The Deserted Vil- lage ...
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... been in- terred in Westminster Abbey , and his pall to have been supported by Lord Shelburne ( now Marquis of Lansdown ) , Lord Louth , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Edmund Burke , d the Hon . Topham Beauclerc , and Mr. Gar- rick Xxxvii.
... been in- terred in Westminster Abbey , and his pall to have been supported by Lord Shelburne ( now Marquis of Lansdown ) , Lord Louth , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Edmund Burke , d the Hon . Topham Beauclerc , and Mr. Gar- rick Xxxvii.
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... Sir Joshua Reynolds , and now Dean of Cashel in Ireland ) , Mr. Hugh Kelly , Mr. ( now Dr. ) Hawes , Messrs . John and Robert Day , and Mr. Etherington . A subscription , however , was speedily raised among Goldsmith's friends , but ...
... Sir Joshua Reynolds , and now Dean of Cashel in Ireland ) , Mr. Hugh Kelly , Mr. ( now Dr. ) Hawes , Messrs . John and Robert Day , and Mr. Etherington . A subscription , however , was speedily raised among Goldsmith's friends , but ...
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With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His Poetry Oliver Goldsmith. THE DESERTED VILLAGE . FIRST PRINTED IN 1769 . ΤΟ SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . DEAR SIR , I CAN.
With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His Poetry Oliver Goldsmith. THE DESERTED VILLAGE . FIRST PRINTED IN 1769 . ΤΟ SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . DEAR SIR , I CAN.
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Æsop Amidst Auburn blest bliss boast bosom bow'rs breast BULKLEY Burke character charms comedy David Garrick dear death Deserted Village diff'rent e'en Edmund Burke Elphin Epilogue EPITAPH ev'ning ev'ry eyes fame flies follow'd folly fond forlorn genius give HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heav'n hermit honour hour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL Johnson lamp-black land learning lord lover luxury mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY modern bards moral muse nature ne'er never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene shew'd sigh simile Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling song sorrow soul spread Stoops Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tear thee thine things thou toil tomb Traveller truth turn Twas Vicar of Wakefield wealth Whilst wond'rous wretch write
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Página 38 - 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...
Página 57 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Página 49 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Página 38 - 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.
Página 42 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, 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...
Página 74 - 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.
Página 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Página 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Página 10 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Página 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...