The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page xvii
... means follows that Goldsmith's play was praised too little . With all the advantage of its author's reputation , it has never since passed into the répertoire , and , if it had something of the freshness of a first effort , it had also ...
... means follows that Goldsmith's play was praised too little . With all the advantage of its author's reputation , it has never since passed into the répertoire , and , if it had something of the freshness of a first effort , it had also ...
Page 4
... mean Party . Party entirely distorts the judgment , and destroys the taste . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom ...
... mean Party . Party entirely distorts the judgment , and destroys the taste . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom ...
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... mean to flatter kings , or court the great ; Ye powers of truth , that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive the low desire ; And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble's rage , and tyrant's angry steel ; Thou ...
... mean to flatter kings , or court the great ; Ye powers of truth , that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive the low desire ; And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble's rage , and tyrant's angry steel ; Thou ...
Page 85
... means to deceive me . But I will rally , and combat the ruiner : Not a look , not a smile shall my passion discover : She that gives all to the false one pursuing her , Makes but a penitent , loses a lover . TRANSLATION 2 Addison , in ...
... means to deceive me . But I will rally , and combat the ruiner : Not a look , not a smile shall my passion discover : She that gives all to the false one pursuing her , Makes but a penitent , loses a lover . TRANSLATION 2 Addison , in ...
Page 102
... means yon sadly plaintive train , That this way slowly bends along the plain ? And now , methinks , a pallid corse they bear To yonder bank , and rest the body there . Alas ! too well mine eyes observant trace The last remains of ...
... means yon sadly plaintive train , That this way slowly bends along the plain ? And now , methinks , a pallid corse they bear To yonder bank , and rest the body there . Alas ! too well mine eyes observant trace The last remains of ...
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