The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page xxi
... charm- ing characters , while Marlow and Hastings are much more than stage young men . And let it be remembered -it cannot be too often remembered — that in returning to those Farquhars and Vanbrughs " of the last age , ' who differed ...
... charm- ing characters , while Marlow and Hastings are much more than stage young men . And let it be remembered -it cannot be too often remembered — that in returning to those Farquhars and Vanbrughs " of the last age , ' who differed ...
Page xxii
... charm , his humour and his ten- derness which tempt us to forget his inconsistency and his errors of haste . In She Stoops to Conquer , neither defect of art nor defect of nature forbids us to give unqualified admiration to a work which ...
... charm , his humour and his ten- derness which tempt us to forget his inconsistency and his errors of haste . In She Stoops to Conquer , neither defect of art nor defect of nature forbids us to give unqualified admiration to a work which ...
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... charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good , which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school - taught pride dissemble all it can , These little things ...
... charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good , which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school - taught pride dissemble all it can , These little things ...
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... charm , Redress the clime , and all its rage disarm . Though poor the peasant's hut , his feasts though small , He sees his little lot the lot of all ; [ Cf. The Citizen of the World , 1762 , i . 98. ( Letter xxv . ) ] [ 2A pretty ...
... charm , Redress the clime , and all its rage disarm . Though poor the peasant's hut , his feasts though small , He sees his little lot the lot of all ; [ Cf. The Citizen of the World , 1762 , i . 98. ( Letter xxv . ) ] [ 2A pretty ...
Page 10
... charms to barren states assign'd ; Their wants but few , their wishes all confin'd . Yet let them only share the praises due , If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast Becomes a source ...
... charms to barren states assign'd ; Their wants but few , their wishes all confin'd . Yet let them only share the praises due , If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast Becomes a source ...
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