The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volumen2Richardson, 1821 |
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... reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great , Pride in their port , defiance in their eye , I see the lords of human kind pass by ; Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By forms unfashion'd , fresh from nature's ...
... reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great , Pride in their port , defiance in their eye , I see the lords of human kind pass by ; Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By forms unfashion'd , fresh from nature's ...
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... , the agonizing wheel , Luke's iron crown , and Damien's bed of steel , To men remote from power but rarely known , Leave reason , faith , and conscience , all our own . THE DESERTED VILLAGE ; A POEM . FIRST PRINTED IN THE TRAVELLER . 43.
... , the agonizing wheel , Luke's iron crown , and Damien's bed of steel , To men remote from power but rarely known , Leave reason , faith , and conscience , all our own . THE DESERTED VILLAGE ; A POEM . FIRST PRINTED IN THE TRAVELLER . 43.
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... reason why asses had ears ; " An't please you , " quoth John , " I'm not given to letters , Nor dare I pretend to know more than my betters , Howe'er from this time I shall ne'er see your graces , As I hope to be sav'd ! without ...
... reason why asses had ears ; " An't please you , " quoth John , " I'm not given to letters , Nor dare I pretend to know more than my betters , Howe'er from this time I shall ne'er see your graces , As I hope to be sav'd ! without ...
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... reason with pleasure , and wisdom with mirth : If he had any faults , he has left us in doubt , At least in six weeks I could not find ' em out ; Yet some have declar'd , and it can't be denied ' em , That sly - boots was cursedly ...
... reason with pleasure , and wisdom with mirth : If he had any faults , he has left us in doubt , At least in six weeks I could not find ' em out ; Yet some have declar'd , and it can't be denied ' em , That sly - boots was cursedly ...
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... reason on earth to go out of his way , He turn'd and he varied full ten times a - day : Though secure of our hearts , yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends , as a huntsman his ...
... reason on earth to go out of his way , He turn'd and he varied full ten times a - day : Though secure of our hearts , yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends , as a huntsman his ...
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Página 47 - 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 89 - 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 50 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly!
Página 88 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; 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...
Página 48 - And sleights of art and feats of strength went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.
Página 55 - Where then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits...
Página 48 - 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 23 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...
Página 53 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed 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...
Página 50 - 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 ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.