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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... pride was so hurt at this remark , that the friendship which had till then subsisted between him and Colman was thenceforth annihilated . The piece had a great run , and its author cleared by the third - nights , and the sale of the ...
... pride was so hurt at this remark , that the friendship which had till then subsisted between him and Colman was thenceforth annihilated . The piece had a great run , and its author cleared by the third - nights , and the sale of the ...
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... pride of our heart , and the old English name . I demand it as such for virtue and truth , As the solace of age , and the guide of our youth . Consider what poets surround us - how dull ! From Minstrelsy Be to Rosamond H - l ! Consider ...
... pride of our heart , and the old English name . I demand it as such for virtue and truth , As the solace of age , and the guide of our youth . Consider what poets surround us - how dull ! From Minstrelsy Be to Rosamond H - l ! Consider ...
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... pride of Auburn's dale , sweet bard , farewell ! Long , for thy sake , the peasant's tear shall flow , And many a virgin bosom heave with woe ; For thee shall sorrow sadden all the scene , And ev'ry pastime perish on the green : The ...
... pride of Auburn's dale , sweet bard , farewell ! Long , for thy sake , the peasant's tear shall flow , And many a virgin bosom heave with woe ; For thee shall sorrow sadden all the scene , And ev'ry pastime perish on the green : The ...
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... pride was snatch'd away ; And e'en the matron of the cressy lake , In piteous plight , her palsy'd head shall shake , While all adown the furrows of her face Slow shall the ling'ring tears each other trace . And oh , my child ! severer ...
... pride was snatch'd away ; And e'en the matron of the cressy lake , In piteous plight , her palsy'd head shall shake , While all adown the furrows of her face Slow shall the ling'ring tears each other trace . And oh , my child ! severer ...
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... pride ; " Where luxury's purveyors learn to rise , " And worth , to want a prey , unfriended dies ; " Where warbling eunuchs glitter in brocade , " And hapless poets toil for scanty bread : " Farewell ! to other scenes I turn my eyes ...
... pride ; " Where luxury's purveyors learn to rise , " And worth , to want a prey , unfriended dies ; " Where warbling eunuchs glitter in brocade , " And hapless poets toil for scanty bread : " Farewell ! to other scenes I turn my eyes ...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ... Oliver Goldsmith Vista de fragmentos - 1805 |
Términos y frases comunes
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...