The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Now First Collected. With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. In two volumes..H. Goldney, 1780 |
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... pleasure , not that we have any thing " important to fay , but because the sub- " ject is pleafing . " Oliver Goldsmith , fon of the reverend Charles Goldfmith , was born at Elphin , in the county of Rofcommon in Ireland , in the year ...
... pleasure , not that we have any thing " important to fay , but because the sub- " ject is pleafing . " Oliver Goldsmith , fon of the reverend Charles Goldfmith , was born at Elphin , in the county of Rofcommon in Ireland , in the year ...
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... pleasures ; the miseries of those who for want of employment at home , are driven to fettle new colonies . abroad , and concludes with the following beautiful apoftrophe to poetry . " And thou sweet poetry , thou loveliest maid , Still ...
... pleasures ; the miseries of those who for want of employment at home , are driven to fettle new colonies . abroad , and concludes with the following beautiful apoftrophe to poetry . " And thou sweet poetry , thou loveliest maid , Still ...
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... pleasure they give in the perusal , are striking proofs of their merit . He was a ftudious and correct obferver of nature , happy in the felection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmony of his verfification ...
... pleasure they give in the perusal , are striking proofs of their merit . He was a ftudious and correct obferver of nature , happy in the felection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmony of his verfification ...
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... pleasures , unallay'd with care , Could any accident impair ? Could Cupid's fhaft at length transfix Our fwain arriv'd at thirty - fix ? O had the archer ne'er come down To ravage in a country town ! Or Flavia been content to stop At ...
... pleasures , unallay'd with care , Could any accident impair ? Could Cupid's fhaft at length transfix Our fwain arriv'd at thirty - fix ? O had the archer ne'er come down To ravage in a country town ! Or Flavia been content to stop At ...
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... , I mean Party . Party entirely diftorts the judgment , and destroys the taste . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure pleasure in what contributes to increase the diftem- per . 32 DEDICATION .
... , I mean Party . Party entirely diftorts the judgment , and destroys the taste . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure pleasure in what contributes to increase the diftem- per . 32 DEDICATION .
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Página 66 - 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, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 99 - 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.
Página 59 - 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 66 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Página 62 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work...
Página 66 - The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Página 66 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd 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 : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Página 51 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 72 - Where the dark scorpion gathers death around ; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake ; Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they ; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies.
Página 62 - 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...