Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, The Traveller. Line 251. They please, are pleas'd; they give to get esteem, Line 266 Line 282. Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law. Line 327. Line 356 Line 372. Line 386, Line 409. Line 423. Line 436. The Deserted Village. Line 1. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, 1 The character of the French. 2 See Dryden, page 277. Line 13. 3 When Davies asked for an explanation of "Luke's iron crown," Goldsmith referred him to a book called "Géographie Curieuse," and added that by "Damien's bed of steel" he meant the rack. - GRANGER: Letters, (1805), p. 52. The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. The Deserted Village. Line 29. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Line 51. His best companions, innocence and health; Line 61. How blest is he who crowns in shades like these Line 99. While Resignation gently slopes away, Line 110. Line 121. A man he was to all the country dear, Line 141. Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Line 157. Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, Line 161. Line 167. Qu'un souffle peut détruire, et qu'un souffle a produit (It is a shining glass, which a breath may destroy, and which a breath has produced). DE CAUX (comparing the world to his hour-glass). Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, The Deserted Village. Line 179. Even children follow'd with endearing wile, Line 183. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace Line 189. Line 199. In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, Line 209. And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, 1 See Dryden, page 269. Line 223. Line 227. 2 A cap by night, a stocking all the day - GOLDSMITH: A Description of an Author's Bed-Chamber. The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.1 To me more dear, congenial to my heart, Line 253. Line 263. Line 329. Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Line 344. In all the silent manliness of grief. Line 384. Line 385. O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree! Line 413. Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; As aromatic plants bestow The Captivity. Act i. To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; Act ii. 1 The twelve good rules were ascribed to King Charles I.: 1. Urge no healths. 2. Profane no divine ordinances. 3. Touch no state matters. 4. Reveal no secrets. 5. Pick no quarrels. 6. Make no comparisons. 7. Maintain no ill opinions. 8. Keep no bad company. 9. Encourage no vice. 10. Make no long meals. 11. Repeat no grievances. 12. Lay no wagers. 2 See Tom Brown, page 286. 8 See Bacon, page 165. 4 The wretch condemn'd with life to part Still, still on hope relies; And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. Original MS Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. The Captivity. Act ii. Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see Retaliation. Line 11. Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt. Line 24. 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. Who too deep for his hearers still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit. Line 31. His conduct still right, with his argument wrong. Line 46. A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Line 63. Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man. Line 93. Line 96. As a wit, if not first, in the very first line. Line 101. He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, Line 107. Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. Line 112. |