The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... hope at rest . May gather bliss to see my fellows bless'd . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The shudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ...
... hope at rest . May gather bliss to see my fellows bless'd . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The shudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ...
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... hope and comfort fail , Not to assist , but to bewail The inevitable loss . Relentless tyrant , at thy call How do the good , the virtuous fall ! Truth , beauty , worth , and all that most engage , But wake thy vengeance and provoke thy ...
... hope and comfort fail , Not to assist , but to bewail The inevitable loss . Relentless tyrant , at thy call How do the good , the virtuous fall ! Truth , beauty , worth , and all that most engage , But wake thy vengeance and provoke thy ...
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... hope to be saved ! without thinking on asses . ' " [ 1 This epitaph was first printed with The Haunch of Venison , 1776. Parnell died in 1718. In 1770 Goldsmith wrote his life . ] [ 2 First printed at p . 79 of Poems and Plays . By ...
... hope to be saved ! without thinking on asses . ' " [ 1 This epitaph was first printed with The Haunch of Venison , 1776. Parnell died in 1718. In 1770 Goldsmith wrote his life . ] [ 2 First printed at p . 79 of Poems and Plays . By ...
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... hope you'll readily agree I've all the critics and the wits for me . They , I am sure , will 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 ...
... hope you'll readily agree I've all the critics and the wits for me . They , I am sure , will 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 ...
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... hope for quarter ? No high - life scenes , no sentiment : -the creature Still stoops among the low to copy nature.3 Yes , he's far gone : —and yet some pity fix , The English laws forbid to punish lunatics . [ Foote gave matinées at the ...
... hope for quarter ? No high - life scenes , no sentiment : -the creature Still stoops among the low to copy nature.3 Yes , he's far gone : —and yet some pity fix , The English laws forbid to punish lunatics . [ Foote gave matinées at the ...
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