The Poetical Works of Oliver GoldsmithWilliam Pickering, 1839 - 156 páginas |
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... look kinder . But it shall not be . In five or six years I hope to indulge those transports . I find I want constitution and a strong steady disposition , which alone makes men great . I will however correct my faults , since I am ...
... look kinder . But it shall not be . In five or six years I hope to indulge those transports . I find I want constitution and a strong steady disposition , which alone makes men great . I will however correct my faults , since I am ...
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... looks ill nature it- self ; in short , I have brought myself into a set- tled melancholy , and an utter disgust of all that life brings with it . Whence this romantic turn , that all our family are possessed with ? Whence this love for ...
... looks ill nature it- self ; in short , I have brought myself into a set- tled melancholy , and an utter disgust of all that life brings with it . Whence this romantic turn , that all our family are possessed with ? Whence this love for ...
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... look at any part of it you will say that I am a sour whig . God bless you , and with my most res- pectful compliments to her ladyship , I remain , dear Sir , Your most affectionate humble Servant , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Temple , Brick ...
... look at any part of it you will say that I am a sour whig . God bless you , and with my most res- pectful compliments to her ladyship , I remain , dear Sir , Your most affectionate humble Servant , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Temple , Brick ...
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... look abroad into the world , and to study the different characters of men , you will find that the happiness of any individual depends not , as you would suppose , on the ad- vantages of fortune or situation , but principally on the ...
... look abroad into the world , and to study the different characters of men , you will find that the happiness of any individual depends not , as you would suppose , on the ad- vantages of fortune or situation , but principally on the ...
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... look down with haughty superciliousness on such as are inferior to himself only by some accidental advantages for which he is no way indebted to his own merit . The consequence of this is , that all mankind declare war against him ; his ...
... look down with haughty superciliousness on such as are inferior to himself only by some accidental advantages for which he is no way indebted to his own merit . The consequence of this is , that all mankind declare war against him ; his ...
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Página 23 - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 35 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share 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.
Página 77 - TURN, gentle hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way, To where yon taper cheers the vale, With hospitable ray. 'For here forlorn and lost I tread. With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds immeasurably spread. Seem lengthening as I go.' 'Forbear, my son,' the hermit cries, 'To tempt the dangerous gloom; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Página 35 - 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 the gate...
Página 37 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow. And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Página 44 - The mournful peasant leads his humble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave ! Where, then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride?
Página 78 - 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 34 - A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more: His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
Página 39 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven : As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm...
Página 43 - Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds...