The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... 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 - impress upon his vii.
... 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 - impress upon his vii.
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Oliver Goldsmith. turn , he was to re - impress upon his writings . " No man " says one of his biographers- " ever put so much of himself into his books as Goldsmith . " To his last hour he was drawing upon the thoughts and reviving the ...
Oliver Goldsmith. turn , he was to re - impress upon his writings . " No man " says one of his biographers- " ever put so much of himself into his books as Goldsmith . " To his last hour he was drawing upon the thoughts and reviving the ...
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... turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns , with ceaseless pain , And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.1 Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend : Bless'd be that spot , where ...
... turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns , with ceaseless pain , And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.1 Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend : Bless'd be that spot , where ...
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... turn to beds of down . From Art more various are the blessings sent ; Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content . Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom ...
... turn to beds of down . From Art more various are the blessings sent ; Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content . Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom ...
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... turn from them , turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display , Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread , And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford , But man and steel ...
... turn from them , turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display , Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread , And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford , But man and steel ...
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