The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... Masters and Misses , etc. , 1767 ; and his trans- lations include Formey's Concise History of Philosophy , 1766 ; Scarron's Comic Romance , 1780. An abridged edition of Plutarch's Lives was undertaken by him in collaboration with Joseph ...
... Masters and Misses , etc. , 1767 ; and his trans- lations include Formey's Concise History of Philosophy , 1766 ; Scarron's Comic Romance , 1780. An abridged edition of Plutarch's Lives was undertaken by him in collaboration with Joseph ...
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... master's mind ! Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state , With daring aims irregularly great , Pride in their port , defiance in their eye , I see the lords of human kind pass by , Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By ...
... master's mind ! Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state , With daring aims irregularly great , Pride in their port , defiance in their eye , I see the lords of human kind pass by , Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By ...
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... master grasps the whole domain , And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But chok'd with sedges , works its weedy way . Along thy glades , a solitary guest , The hollow - sounding ...
... master grasps the whole domain , And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But chok'd with sedges , works its weedy way . Along thy glades , a solitary guest , The hollow - sounding ...
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... 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 learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd ...
... 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 learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd ...
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... master , and visit his tomb : To deck it bring with you festoons of the vine , And copious libations bestow on his shrine : Then strew all around it ( you can do no less ) Cross - readings , Ship - news , and Mistakes of the Press . [ 1 ...
... master , and visit his tomb : To deck it bring with you festoons of the vine , And copious libations bestow on his shrine : Then strew all around it ( you can do no less ) Cross - readings , Ship - news , and Mistakes of the Press . [ 1 ...
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