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" 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,... "
The Four Georges: The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century - Page 356
by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 362 pages
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...and core ; 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, fliei; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of oU the world my own* E'en now,...
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The Prose and Poetry of Europe and America: Consisting of Literary Gems and ...

English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...and care; Impelled, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the viel '. " If in that soul Ihou'st ever Mt " Half what thy lips impassion'd swore frflow, flies : My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my счгп....
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the views That, like the eircle eir censure, I E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And placed on high...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent, and care, — Me fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend; And placed on hi^h,...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...MARTIAL. 4. 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. GOLDSMITH'S Traveller. 5. Those high-built hopes that crush us by their fall. CAMPBELL. 6. Successful...
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The Little Republic: Original Articles

Eliza W. Smith - 1848 - 252 pages
...soon, too soon Thy darker disk will show. JVov. 6, 1843. THIRTY YEARS AGO. BY E. tytf. S. CHAPTER I . My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Goldsmith. rilQlrl.TY years ago, on the eve of leaving the city, to spend a few weeks on the seashore,...
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...Goldsmith's The Traveller and The Deserted Village, and Gray's Elegy in a ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1909 - 126 pages
...— Impelled, with steps unceasing, to pursue 25 Some fleeting good that mocks me with the view, — That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. 30 Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And placed on high...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 41, Page 2

Literature - 1910 - 542 pages
...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...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend; And, plac'd on high...
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A Review of English Grammar: For Secondary Schools

Edward Archibald Allen - English language - 1909 - 184 pages
...and care ; Impelled, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good that mocks me with the view; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. SYNTAX OF ADJECTIVES 159. Adjectives are in their nature dependent words; they belong to some noun...
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English Poetry..: With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 2

English poetry - 1910 - 298 pages
...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...realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own. Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend ; And, plac'd on high...
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