The Traveller, the Deserted Village, and Other PoemsGeorge Lamson, 1825 - 144 páginas |
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... be no doubt that AUBURN was em- ployed , to designate the scene of Goldsmith's ear- liest local attachment . The landsapes , the cha- racters , and the circumstances of the tale , all ap- pear to have had a real existence in the eye 8 co.
... be no doubt that AUBURN was em- ployed , to designate the scene of Goldsmith's ear- liest local attachment . The landsapes , the cha- racters , and the circumstances of the tale , all ap- pear to have had a real existence in the eye 8 co.
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... tale framed on a plan so similar , that the Doctor was taxed by the scribblers of the day with having taken his ballad from the " Friar of Orders Gray . " This charge he repelled in a letter to the editor of the St. James's Chronicle ...
... tale framed on a plan so similar , that the Doctor was taxed by the scribblers of the day with having taken his ballad from the " Friar of Orders Gray . " This charge he repelled in a letter to the editor of the St. James's Chronicle ...
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... tale " THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD ; " exhibit a fertility of intellectual resources , a fund of wit and humour , a familiar acquaintance with human nature , which entitle him to rank among the foremost of the Eng- lish classics . The latter ...
... tale " THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD ; " exhibit a fertility of intellectual resources , a fund of wit and humour , a familiar acquaintance with human nature , which entitle him to rank among the foremost of the Eng- lish classics . The latter ...
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... tale of blunders and difficulties , and displayed all the weakness of his character . The desire to amuse , and the love of display , seduced him into buffoonery : his know- ledge was not equai to his genius , and he did not endeavour ...
... tale of blunders and difficulties , and displayed all the weakness of his character . The desire to amuse , and the love of display , seduced him into buffoonery : his know- ledge was not equai to his genius , and he did not endeavour ...
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... with simple plenty crown'd , Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail , Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And THE TRAVELLER. ...
... with simple plenty crown'd , Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail , Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And THE TRAVELLER. ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ambition Amidst ballad bards beauty bestow Bishop of Dromore blessings blest bliss blooms bookseller bow'rs breast brother BULKLEY Burke character charms cheerful climes Covent Garden cried David Garrick dear DESERTED VILLAGE e'en Epilogue EPITAPH ev'n ev'ry eyes fame feelings flies fond friendship Garrick genius gentle give heart heav'n hermit hoard honest honour Johnson keep a corner land Lishoy lord luxury mind mirth MISS CATLEY native ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once pain passion pasty patriot pity pleas'd pleasure poem poet poet's poor pow'r praise pride racter reign Richard Burke rise round scene shore sigh sinks Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling sorrow soul spread Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tale thee thine thou toil TRAVELLER tripe turn Twas venison VICAR OF WAKEFIELD wand'ring wealth Whitefoord wish'd wretch
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Página 54 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please...
Página 60 - His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd...
Página 61 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 59 - She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.
Página 41 - ... Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Página 78 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. ' And there forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die ; 'Twas so for me that Edwin did. And so for him will I.
Página 117 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.
Página 58 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Página 65 - Here, richly deck'd, admits the gorgeous train: Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts?
Página 61 - A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...