The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page xiii
... kind that our language has to boast of . " Its over - soft prettiness is too much that of the chromo - lithograph or the Parian bust ( the porcelain , not the marble ) , and its " beautiful sim- plicity " is in parts perilously close ...
... kind that our language has to boast of . " Its over - soft prettiness is too much that of the chromo - lithograph or the Parian bust ( the porcelain , not the marble ) , and its " beautiful sim- plicity " is in parts perilously close ...
Page xiv
... kind of echo in the- " Too nice for a statesman , too proud for a wit❞— of Burke's portrait in Retaliation . What is still more remarkable is that Gray's Sketch of his own Character , the resemblance of which to Goldsmith has been ...
... kind of echo in the- " Too nice for a statesman , too proud for a wit❞— of Burke's portrait in Retaliation . What is still more remarkable is that Gray's Sketch of his own Character , the resemblance of which to Goldsmith has been ...
Page xxii
... kind . AUSTIN DOBSON . The following is a list of Oliver Goldsmith's works ( 1728- 1774 ) : - Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion ( translation ) , 2 vols . , 1758 ; Enquiry into the Present State ...
... kind . AUSTIN DOBSON . The following is a list of Oliver Goldsmith's works ( 1728- 1774 ) : - Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion ( translation ) , 2 vols . , 1758 ; Enquiry into the Present State ...
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... kind alike to all , Still grants her bliss at Labour's earnest call ; With food as well the peasant is supplied On Idra's1 cliffs as Arno's shelvy side ; And though the rocky - crested summits frown , These rocks , by custom , turn to ...
... kind alike to all , Still grants her bliss at Labour's earnest call ; With food as well the peasant is supplied On Idra's1 cliffs as Arno's shelvy side ; And though the rocky - crested summits frown , These rocks , by custom , turn to ...
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... kind pass by , Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By forms unfashion'd , fresh from Nature's hand ; Fierce in their native hardiness of soul , True to imagin'd right , above control , While even the peasant boasts these rights ...
... kind pass by , Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By forms unfashion'd , fresh from Nature's hand ; Fierce in their native hardiness of soul , True to imagin'd right , above control , While even the peasant boasts these rights ...
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