 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 страници
...the joys that fortune brings, Are trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. « And what is friendship...earth unseen, or only found To warm the turtle's nest. 4 « For shame, fond youth, thy sorrows hush, And spurn the sex, » he said ; But while he spoke, a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 268 страници
...the paltry things ' More trifling still than they. • And what is friendship but a name, • A chann that lulls to sleep ; ' A shade that follows wealth...turtle's nest 'For shame, fond youth! thy sorrows hush. And spurn the sex,' he said : But while he spoke, a rising blush % His lovelorn guest hetray'd.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 страници
...brings. Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. ii And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls...follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? u And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ; On earth unseen, or only found... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 650 страници
...study and deep seclusion ; and as to society, what is it but a name, a shadow ? Nay, the poet asks, " And what is friendship, but a name— A charm that...to sleep — . A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ?" This is the opinion of one who had felt what he wrote. In these monastic... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 страници
...the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay ; *ind those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; \ shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? •' And love is still an emptier... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 676 страници
...; and as to society, what is it but a name, a shadow ? Nay, the poet asks, " And what \sjnendship, but a name— A charm that lulls to sleep — A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ?" This is the opinion of one who had felt what he wrote. In these monastic... | |
 | Francis S. Higginson - 1825 - 586 страници
...mean time arrived : which the bearer represented as being of considerable importance. CHAPTER X. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A breath that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." GOLDSMITH. The letter that had... | |
 | Hubert (st.) - 1825 - 742 страници
...resumed Angelina, " that you men denied the existence of female friendship ? That you looked on it as * A name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep!' Goldsmith. • " Attribute not to me," cried the black domino,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 страници
...! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and deeay ; And those who prize the paltry things More `Y @ eharm that lulls to sleep : A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wreteh to weep ? "... | |
 | 1826 - 390 страници
...— and to my bosom happiness may never again be restored ! Ah ! too true are the words of song — ' And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ? A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep !' " Thus thought Isabel; but the thought was founded in error — the... | |
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Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they ; "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the... 
