The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... honour , nor a man of sense . Those letters were written when the production of The Good - Natur'd Man had supplied him with abundant practical evidence of the vexations and difficulties of theatrical ambition . that he himself had once ...
... honour , nor a man of sense . Those letters were written when the production of The Good - Natur'd Man had supplied him with abundant practical evidence of the vexations and difficulties of theatrical ambition . that he himself had once ...
Page 7
... honour , liberty , content . Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails , And honour sinks where commerce long prevails . Hence every ...
... honour , liberty , content . Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails , And honour sinks where commerce long prevails . Hence every ...
Page 12
... honour forms the social temper here : Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or even imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land : From courts , to camps ...
... honour forms the social temper here : Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or even imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land : From courts , to camps ...
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... honour fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe . Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come , when ...
... honour fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe . Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come , when ...
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... honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , 1 Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers ...
... honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , 1 Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers ...
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