The Poetical Works of Dr. Oliver Goldsmith: Containing His Deserted Village, Traveller, Hermit, Retaliation ... Etc. Etc., to which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorC. Downes, 1802 - 96 páginas |
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... you may be pleased with the verfifica- tion and mere mechanical parts of this attempt , I don't pretend to enquire ; but I know you will D object object ( and indeed feveral of our best and wifest THE DESERTED VILLAGE. ...
... you may be pleased with the verfifica- tion and mere mechanical parts of this attempt , I don't pretend to enquire ; but I know you will D object object ( and indeed feveral of our best and wifest THE DESERTED VILLAGE. ...
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... best and wifest friends concur in the opinion ) that the depopulation it deplores is no where to be feen , and the diforders it laments are only to be found in the poet's own imagination . To this I can scarce make any other answer than ...
... best and wifest friends concur in the opinion ) that the depopulation it deplores is no where to be feen , and the diforders it laments are only to be found in the poet's own imagination . To this I can scarce make any other answer than ...
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... best companions , innocence and health , And his best riches , ignorance of wealth . But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling train Ufurp the land and difpoffefs the fwain ; Along the lawn where fcatter'd hamlets rofe , Unwieldy wealth ...
... best companions , innocence and health , And his best riches , ignorance of wealth . But times are alter'd ; trade's unfeeling train Ufurp the land and difpoffefs the fwain ; Along the lawn where fcatter'd hamlets rofe , Unwieldy wealth ...
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... best dish : Our ( 2 ) Dean shall be venison , just fresh from the plains ; Our ( 3 ) Burke fhall be tongue with a garnish of brains ; Our † Dr. Goldsmith ' and some of his friends occafionally dined at the St. James's coffee - house ...
... best dish : Our ( 2 ) Dean shall be venison , just fresh from the plains ; Our ( 3 ) Burke fhall be tongue with a garnish of brains ; Our † Dr. Goldsmith ' and some of his friends occafionally dined at the St. James's coffee - house ...
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... best fame to his skill , Shall ftill be his flatterers , go where he will . Old Shakespeare , receive him , with praise and with love , And Beaumonts and Bens be ( 1 ) his Kellys above . Here ( 2 ) Hickey reclines , a moft blunt ...
... best fame to his skill , Shall ftill be his flatterers , go where he will . Old Shakespeare , receive him , with praise and with love , And Beaumonts and Bens be ( 1 ) his Kellys above . Here ( 2 ) Hickey reclines , a moft blunt ...
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Página 92 - GOOD people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word— From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor— Who left a pledge behind.
Página 77 - 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 28 - 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 14 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 35 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Página 31 - I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose : I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw...
Página 36 - 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, Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.
Página 18 - Till, quite dejected with my scorn, He left me to my pride, And sought a solitude forlorn, In secret, where he died. " 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.
Página 64 - Even liberty itself is barter'd here. At gold's superior charms all freedom flies, The needy sell it, and the rich man buys; A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves...
Página 32 - 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; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from.