The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page xvii
... bringing its author about five hundred pounds , a sum far larger than anything he had ever made by poetry or fiction . That the superior success of False Delicacy , with its mincing morality and jumble of inadequate motive , was wholly ...
... bringing its author about five hundred pounds , a sum far larger than anything he had ever made by poetry or fiction . That the superior success of False Delicacy , with its mincing morality and jumble of inadequate motive , was wholly ...
Page xix
... bring out the play at a specific date . To believe in it , he could not be persuaded , and his contagious anticipations of its failure passed insensibly to the actors , who , one after the other , shuffled out of their parts . Even over ...
... bring out the play at a specific date . To believe in it , he could not be persuaded , and his contagious anticipations of its failure passed insensibly to the actors , who , one after the other , shuffled out of their parts . Even over ...
Page 13
... brings , Are here displayed . Their much - lov'd wealth imparts Convenience , plenty , elegance , and arts ; But view them closer , craft and fraud appear , Even liberty itself is bartered here . At gold's superior charms all freedom ...
... brings , Are here displayed . Their much - lov'd wealth imparts Convenience , plenty , elegance , and arts ; But view them closer , craft and fraud appear , Even liberty itself is bartered here . At gold's superior charms all freedom ...
Page 37
... bring himself , and he brings the best . dish : Our Dean 2 shall be venison , just fresh from the plains ; Our Burke shall be tongue with a garnish of brains ; Our Will shall be wild - fowl , of excellent flavour , 4 And Dick 5 with his ...
... bring himself , and he brings the best . dish : Our Dean 2 shall be venison , just fresh from the plains ; Our Burke shall be tongue with a garnish of brains ; Our Will shall be wild - fowl , of excellent flavour , 4 And Dick 5 with his ...
Page 42
... 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 Caleb Whitefoord , d . 1810 , an ...
... 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 Caleb Whitefoord , d . 1810 , an ...
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