The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page vii
... seen life steadily , and seen it whole , " he had , at all events , inspected it pretty narrowly in parts ; and , at a time when he was most impressible , had preserved the impress of many things which , in his turn , he was to re ...
... seen life steadily , and seen it whole , " he had , at all events , inspected it pretty narrowly in parts ; and , at a time when he was most impressible , had preserved the impress of many things which , in his turn , he was to re ...
Page xvi
... seen at Paris , and from his sensible notes in the same periodical on " gestic lore " as exhibited on the English stage . In his Polite Learning in Europe , he had followed up Ralph's Case of Authors by Profession , by protesting ...
... seen at Paris , and from his sensible notes in the same periodical on " gestic lore " as exhibited on the English stage . In his Polite Learning in Europe , he had followed up Ralph's Case of Authors by Profession , by protesting ...
Page 9
... seen , in bloodless pomp array'd , The paste - board triumph and the cavalcade ; Processions form'd for piety and love , A mistress or a saint in every grove . By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd , The sports of children ...
... seen , in bloodless pomp array'd , The paste - board triumph and the cavalcade ; Processions form'd for piety and love , A mistress or a saint in every grove . By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd , The sports of children ...
Page 16
... seen , round Britain's peopled shore , 1 Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste ; Seen opulence , her grandeur to maintain , Lead stern ...
... seen , round Britain's peopled shore , 1 Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste ; Seen opulence , her grandeur to maintain , Lead stern ...
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... seen , and the disorders it laments are only to be found in the poet's own imagination . To this I can scarce make any other answer than that I sincerely be lieve what I have written ; that I have taken all possible pains , in my ...
... seen , and the disorders it laments are only to be found in the poet's own imagination . To this I can scarce make any other answer than that I sincerely be lieve what I have written ; that I have taken all possible pains , in my ...
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