The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His Poetry |
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... present means of subsistence . " I passed ( says he ) among the harmless pea- sants of Flanders , and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants ...
... present means of subsistence . " I passed ( says he ) among the harmless pea- sants of Flanders , and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants ...
Page xvi
... by Subscription " An Essay on the Present State of Taste and Literature in Europe , " as a means of defraying the expences of his fit- ting out for the voyage . testant condemned to the Gallies of France for his Religion Xvi.
... by Subscription " An Essay on the Present State of Taste and Literature in Europe , " as a means of defraying the expences of his fit- ting out for the voyage . testant condemned to the Gallies of France for his Religion Xvi.
Page xvii
... Present State of Polite Literature in Europe , " which was published in 1759 , by Dodsley , and was well received . In October of the same year he began “ The Bee , " a weekly publication , which termi- * An ENGRAVING of the house ...
... Present State of Polite Literature in Europe , " which was published in 1759 , by Dodsley , and was well received . In October of the same year he began “ The Bee , " a weekly publication , which termi- * An ENGRAVING of the house ...
Page xxxvii
... present case ; but , deaf to all the remonstrances of his physician and his friend , he obstinately persisted in his resolution . The next day Mr. Hawes again visited his patient , and enquiring of him how he did , Goldsmith sighed ...
... present case ; but , deaf to all the remonstrances of his physician and his friend , he obstinately persisted in his resolution . The next day Mr. Hawes again visited his patient , and enquiring of him how he did , Goldsmith sighed ...
Page xlvii
... present age ( minor , mean , with respect to the quantity , not the qua- lity , of their productions ) , with those ... present writers might be confidently appealed to in proof of this asser- tion ; but it will suffice to instance the ...
... present age ( minor , mean , with respect to the quantity , not the qua- lity , of their productions ) , with those ... present writers might be confidently appealed to in proof of this asser- tion ; but it will suffice to instance the ...
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Æsop Amidst Auburn blest bliss boast bosom bow'rs breast BULKLEY Burke character charms comedy David Garrick dear death Deserted Village diff'rent e'en Edmund Burke Elphin Epilogue EPITAPH ev'ning ev'ry eyes fame flies follow'd folly fond forlorn genius give HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heav'n hermit honour hour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL Johnson lamp-black land learning lord lover luxury mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY modern bards moral muse nature ne'er never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene shew'd sigh simile Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling song sorrow soul spread Stoops Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tear thee thine things thou toil tomb Traveller truth turn Twas Vicar of Wakefield wealth Whilst wond'rous wretch write
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Page 38 - 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...
Page 57 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Page 49 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 38 - 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.
Page 42 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, 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...
Page 74 - 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.
Page 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Page 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Page 10 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...