The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... reason ; and both in that poem and its successor , The Deserted Village , he lays stress upon the political import of his work . The one , we are told , is to illustrate the position that the happiness of the subject is inde- pendent of ...
... reason ; and both in that poem and its successor , The Deserted Village , he lays stress upon the political import of his work . The one , we are told , is to illustrate the position that the happiness of the subject is inde- pendent of ...
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... reason holds her state , With daring aims irregularly great , Pride in their port , defiance in their eye , I see the lords of human kind pass by , Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By forms unfashion'd , fresh from Nature's ...
... reason holds her state , With daring aims irregularly great , Pride in their port , defiance in their eye , I see the lords of human kind pass by , Intent on high designs , a thoughtful band , By forms unfashion'd , fresh from Nature's ...
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... reason , faith , and conscience , all our own . [ Johnson wrote these last lines , the penultimate couplet ex- cepted . ( Boswell , ut supra . ) ] 12 George ( not Luke ) Dosa , a Hungarian patriot , suffered in 1514 the penalty of the ...
... reason , faith , and conscience , all our own . [ Johnson wrote these last lines , the penultimate couplet ex- cepted . ( Boswell , ut supra . ) ] 12 George ( not Luke ) Dosa , a Hungarian patriot , suffered in 1514 the penalty of the ...
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... reason with pleasure , and wisdom with mirth : If he had any faults , he has left us in doubt , At least , in six weeks , I could not find ' em out ; Yet some have declar'd , and it can't be denied ' em , That sly - boots was cursedly ...
... reason with pleasure , and wisdom with mirth : If he had any faults , he has left us in doubt , At least , in six weeks , I could not find ' em out ; Yet some have declar'd , and it can't be denied ' em , That sly - boots was cursedly ...
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... reason on earth to go out of his way , He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day . Though secure of our hearts , yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick ; He cast off his friends , as a huntsman his pack ...
... reason on earth to go out of his way , He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day . Though secure of our hearts , yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick ; He cast off his friends , as a huntsman his pack ...
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