The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page 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.
... 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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... whole can now , with propriety , be only inscribed to you . It will also throw a light upon many parts of it , when the reader understands , that it is addressed to a man , who , despising Fame and Fortune , has retired early to ...
... whole can now , with propriety , be only inscribed to you . It will also throw a light upon many parts of it , when the reader understands , that it is addressed to a man , who , despising Fame and Fortune , has retired early to ...
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... whole domain , And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But chok'd with sedges , works its weedy way . Along thy glades , a solitary guest , The hollow - sounding bittern guards its nest ...
... whole domain , And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But chok'd with sedges , works its weedy way . Along thy glades , a solitary guest , The hollow - sounding bittern guards its nest ...
Page 84
... whole . " The garland of beauty " ( ' tis thus she would say , ) " No more shall my crook or my temples adorn , I'll not wear a garland , Augusta's away , I'll not wear a garland until she return : But alas ! that return I never shall ...
... whole . " The garland of beauty " ( ' tis thus she would say , ) " No more shall my crook or my temples adorn , I'll not wear a garland , Augusta's away , I'll not wear a garland until she return : But alas ! that return I never shall ...
Page 109
... whole pool as my own- - " Come , give me five cards . " " Well done ! " cry the ladies ; " Ah , Doctor , that's good ! The pool's very rich - ah ! the Doctor is loo'd ! " Thus foil'd in my courage , on all sides perplex'd , I ask for ...
... whole pool as my own- - " Come , give me five cards . " " Well done ! " cry the ladies ; " Ah , Doctor , that's good ! The pool's very rich - ah ! the Doctor is loo'd ! " Thus foil'd in my courage , on all sides perplex'd , I ask for ...
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