The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... hour he was drawing upon the thoughts and reviving the memories of that " unhallowed time " when , to all appearance , he was hopelessly squandering his op- portunities . To do as Goldsmith did , would scarcely enable a man to write a ...
... hour he was drawing upon the thoughts and reviving the memories of that " unhallowed time " when , to all appearance , he was hopelessly squandering his op- portunities . To do as Goldsmith did , would scarcely enable a man to write a ...
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... hour to spend ; And , plac'd on high above the storm's career , Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes , forests , cities , plains , extending wide , The pomp of kings , the shepherd's humbler pride . When thus Creation's ...
... hour to spend ; And , plac'd on high above the storm's career , Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes , forests , cities , plains , extending wide , The pomp of kings , the shepherd's humbler pride . When thus Creation's ...
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... of the noon - tide hour . [ A reference to the author's pedestrian travels on the Continent in 1755-6 . Cf. The Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , ii . 24–5 ( ch . i . ) . ] Alike all ages . Dames of ancient days Have led The Traveller II.
... of the noon - tide hour . [ A reference to the author's pedestrian travels on the Continent in 1755-6 . Cf. The Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , ii . 24–5 ( ch . i . ) . ] Alike all ages . Dames of ancient days Have led The Traveller II.
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... to the throne.3 Cf. The Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , i . 202 ( ch . xix . ) . ] [ Ibid . , i . 206 ( ch . xix . ) . ] [ Ibid . , i . 201 ( ch . xix . ) . ] Yes , brother , curse with me that baleful hour The Traveller 15.
... to the throne.3 Cf. The Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , i . 202 ( ch . xix . ) . ] [ Ibid . , i . 206 ( ch . xix . ) . ] [ Ibid . , i . 201 ( ch . xix . ) . ] Yes , brother , curse with me that baleful hour The Traveller 15.
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Oliver Goldsmith. Yes , brother , curse with me that baleful hour , When first ambition struck at regal power ; And thus polluting honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's ...
Oliver Goldsmith. Yes , brother , curse with me that baleful hour , When first ambition struck at regal power ; And thus polluting honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's ...
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