The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... Fear , pity , justice , indignation start , Tear off reserve , and bare my swelling heart ; Till half a patriot , half a coward grown , I fly from petty tyrants to the throne.3 Cf. The Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , i . 202 ( ch . xix ...
... Fear , pity , justice , indignation start , Tear off reserve , and bare my swelling heart ; Till half a patriot , half a coward grown , I fly from petty tyrants to the throne.3 Cf. The Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , i . 202 ( ch . xix ...
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... fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake ; Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey , And savage men more murderous still than they ; [ Cf. The Bee , 27th October , 1759 ( A City Night - Piece ) . ] E Alatanaba ...
... fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake ; Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey , And savage men more murderous still than they ; [ Cf. The Bee , 27th October , 1759 ( A City Night - Piece ) . ] E Alatanaba ...
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... fear'd for your safety , I fear'd for my own ; But now he is gone , and we want a detector , Our Dodds 3 shall be pious , our Kenricks shall lecture ; [ Cumberland is said to have fancied that this epitaph was not ironical . ] [ 2 ...
... fear'd for your safety , I fear'd for my own ; But now he is gone , and we want a detector , Our Dodds 3 shall be pious , our Kenricks shall lecture ; [ Cumberland is said to have fancied that this epitaph was not ironical . ] [ 2 ...
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... fear ; Who scatter'd around wit and humour at will ; Whose daily bon mots half a column might fill ; A Scotchman , from pride and from prejudice free ; A scholar , yet surely no pedant was he . " " What pity , alas ! that so lib'ral a ...
... fear ; Who scatter'd around wit and humour at will ; Whose daily bon mots half a column might fill ; A Scotchman , from pride and from prejudice free ; A scholar , yet surely no pedant was he . " " What pity , alas ! that so lib'ral a ...
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... fear , With honest thrift I held my honour dear : But this vile hour disperses all my store , And all my hoard of honour is no more . For ah ! too partial to my life's decline , Caesar persuades , submission must be mine ; Him I obey ...
... fear , With honest thrift I held my honour dear : But this vile hour disperses all my store , And all my hoard of honour is no more . For ah ! too partial to my life's decline , Caesar persuades , submission must be mine ; Him I obey ...
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