The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His PoetryCadell & Davies, 1805 - 148 страници |
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... lost the character of a wise one . Him they dignify with the name of poet : his tawdry lampoons are called satires ; his turbulence is said to be force , and his phrenzy fire . What reception a poem may find , which has neither 7.
... lost the character of a wise one . Him they dignify with the name of poet : his tawdry lampoons are called satires ; his turbulence is said to be force , and his phrenzy fire . What reception a poem may find , which has neither 7.
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... the cottage might adorn , Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn ; Now lost to all ; her friends , her virtue , fled , Near her betrayer's door she lays her head , And , pinch'd with cold , and shrinking from the 52.
... the cottage might adorn , Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn ; Now lost to all ; her friends , her virtue , fled , Near her betrayer's door she lays her head , And , pinch'd with cold , and shrinking from the 52.
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... lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings , that folly grows proud ; And coxcombs , alike in their failings alone , Adopting his portraits , are pleas'd with their own . Say , where has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore his ...
... lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings , that folly grows proud ; And coxcombs , alike in their failings alone , Adopting his portraits , are pleas'd with their own . Say , where has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore his ...
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... lost I tread , With fainting steps and slow ; Where wilds , immeasurably spread , Seem length'ning as I go . " " " Forbear , my son , " the hermit cries , " To tempt the dang'rous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee ...
... lost I tread , With fainting steps and slow ; Where wilds , immeasurably spread , Seem length'ning as I go . " " " Forbear , my son , " the hermit cries , " To tempt the dang'rous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee ...
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... lost Edwin here , Restor❜d to love and thee . " Thus let me hold thee to my heart , And ev'ry care resign : And shall we never , never part , My life - my all that's mine ? W.Taylor fe THE HERMIT . Page 96 " No , 96.
... lost Edwin here , Restor❜d to love and thee . " Thus let me hold thee to my heart , And ev'ry care resign : And shall we never , never part , My life - my all that's mine ? W.Taylor fe THE HERMIT . Page 96 " No , 96.
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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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Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Страница 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Страница 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.
Страница 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...