The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author : in Two VolumesH. Goldney, 1791 |
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... heaven commences ere the world be past ! " The defcription of the parish priest ( probably intended for a character of his brother Henry ) would have done honour to any poet of any age . In this defcrip- tion the fimile of the bird ...
... heaven commences ere the world be past ! " The defcription of the parish priest ( probably intended for a character of his brother Henry ) would have done honour to any poet of any age . In this defcrip- tion the fimile of the bird ...
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... the great poet whose works fo content us ? This Goldfmith's fine feaft , who has written fine books ? Heaven fends us good meat , but the devil fends cooks . The tentively the works of the feveral authors who have wrote DR . xlv GOLDSMITH .
... the great poet whose works fo content us ? This Goldfmith's fine feaft , who has written fine books ? Heaven fends us good meat , but the devil fends cooks . The tentively the works of the feveral authors who have wrote DR . xlv GOLDSMITH .
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... heaven I'll leave the reft , " Thus , fpoke the bard : but not one friendly power , With nod affentive crown'd the parting hour ; No eastern meteor glar'd beneath the sky , No dextral omen ; Nature heav'd a figh Prophetic of the dire ...
... heaven I'll leave the reft , " Thus , fpoke the bard : but not one friendly power , With nod affentive crown'd the parting hour ; No eastern meteor glar'd beneath the sky , No dextral omen ; Nature heav'd a figh Prophetic of the dire ...
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... Heaven itself obeys , Hopeless of pleafing , yet inclin'd to please . Here then at once I welcome every shame , And cancel at threefcore a life of fame ; No more my titles fhall my children tell , The old buffoon will fit my name as ...
... Heaven itself obeys , Hopeless of pleafing , yet inclin'd to please . Here then at once I welcome every shame , And cancel at threefcore a life of fame ; No more my titles fhall my children tell , The old buffoon will fit my name as ...
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... below , " Nor wants that little long . " Soft as the dew from heaven defcends , His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends , And follows to the cell . Far Far in a wilderness obfcure The lonely manfion lay ;
... below , " Nor wants that little long . " Soft as the dew from heaven defcends , His gentle accents fell : The modeft ftranger lowly bends , And follows to the cell . Far Far in a wilderness obfcure The lonely manfion lay ;
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M B Now First Collected ... Oliver Goldsmith Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Now First ... Oliver Goldsmith Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 51 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 68 - Yes, let the rich deride, the proud disdain. These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art.
Página 61 - Where wealth, accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Página 59 - 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 66 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd 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 : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Página 104 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Página 42 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal : But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil.
Página 67 - Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired.
Página 66 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Página 63 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work...