The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page 47
... suppose it a bounce - sure a poet may try , By a bounce now and then , to get courage to fly . But , my Lord , it's no bounce : I protest in my turn , It's a truth and your Lordship may ask Mr. Byrne . 2 To go on with my tale - as I gaz ...
... suppose it a bounce - sure a poet may try , By a bounce now and then , to get courage to fly . But , my Lord , it's no bounce : I protest in my turn , It's a truth and your Lordship may ask Mr. Byrne . 2 To go on with my tale - as I gaz ...
Page 48
... suppose or is it in waiting ? " " Why , whose should it be ? " cried I with a flounce , " I get these things often ; " --but that was a bounce : " Some lords , my acquaintance , that settle the nation , Are pleas'd to be kind - but I ...
... suppose or is it in waiting ? " " Why , whose should it be ? " cried I with a flounce , " I get these things often ; " --but that was a bounce : " Some lords , my acquaintance , that settle the nation , Are pleas'd to be kind - but I ...
Page 108
... suppose , what may shortly be true , The company set , and the word to be , Loo ; You shall All smirking , and pleasant , and big with adventure , And ogling the stake which is fix'd in the centre . Round and round go the cards , while ...
... suppose , what may shortly be true , The company set , and the word to be , Loo ; You shall All smirking , and pleasant , and big with adventure , And ogling the stake which is fix'd in the centre . Round and round go the cards , while ...
Page 141
... suppose . The match between his son , that's just returned from Paris , and Miss Richland , the young lady he's guardian to . Honeyw . Perhaps so . Mr. Croaker , knowing my friendship for the young lady , has got it into his head that I ...
... suppose . The match between his son , that's just returned from Paris , and Miss Richland , the young lady he's guardian to . Honeyw . Perhaps so . Mr. Croaker , knowing my friendship for the young lady , has got it into his head that I ...
Page 149
... suppose , that merit which has made an impression on one's own heart , may be powerful over that of another . : Leont . Don't , my life's treasure , don't let us make imaginary evils , when you know we have so many real ones to ...
... suppose , that merit which has made an impression on one's own heart , may be powerful over that of another . : Leont . Don't , my life's treasure , don't let us make imaginary evils , when you know we have so many real ones to ...
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