The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page xxi
... answered . Through debt , and drudgery , and depression , the writer's genius had still advanced , and these might yet have proved powerless to check his progress . But at least it was given to him to end upon his best , and not to out ...
... answered . Through debt , and drudgery , and depression , the writer's genius had still advanced , and these might yet have proved powerless to check his progress . But at least it was given to him to end upon his best , and not to out ...
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... answer than that I sincerely be lieve what I have written ; that I have taken all possible pains , in my country excursions , for these four or five years past , to be certain of what I allege ; and that all my views and enquiries have ...
... answer than that I sincerely be lieve what I have written ; that I have taken all possible pains , in my country excursions , for these four or five years past , to be certain of what I allege ; and that all my views and enquiries have ...
Page 41
... answer , no , no , for he always was wiser : Too courteous , perhaps , or obligingly flat ? His very worst foe can't accuse him of that : Perhaps he confided in men as they go , And so was too foolishly honest ? Ah no ! Then what was ...
... answer , no , no , for he always was wiser : Too courteous , perhaps , or obligingly flat ? His very worst foe can't accuse him of that : Perhaps he confided in men as they go , And so was too foolishly honest ? Ah no ! Then what was ...
Page 69
... answering care oppress'd ; " And whence , unhappy youth , " he cried , " The sorrows of thy breast ? ' From better habitations spurn'd , Reluctant dost thou rove ; Or grieve for friendship unreturn'd , Or unregarded love ? " Alas ! the ...
... answering care oppress'd ; " And whence , unhappy youth , " he cried , " The sorrows of thy breast ? ' From better habitations spurn'd , Reluctant dost thou rove ; Or grieve for friendship unreturn'd , Or unregarded love ? " Alas ! the ...
Page 90
... answer my commands ; Ye candid judging few , hold up your hands . What ! no return ? I find too late , I fear , That modern judges seldom enter here . MISS CATLEY I'm for a different set . - Old men , whose trade is Still to gallant and ...
... answer my commands ; Ye candid judging few , hold up your hands . What ! no return ? I find too late , I fear , That modern judges seldom enter here . MISS CATLEY I'm for a different set . - Old men , whose trade is Still to gallant and ...
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