The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wand'ring hope at rest . May gather bliss to see my fellows bless'd . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when ...
... wish , amidst the scene , to find Some spot to real happiness consign'd , Where my worn soul , each wand'ring hope at rest . May gather bliss to see my fellows bless'd . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when ...
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... wish contracting , fits him to the soil . Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose , Breasts the keen air , and ... wishes all confin'd . Yet let them only share the praises due , If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For ...
... wish contracting , fits him to the soil . Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose , Breasts the keen air , and ... wishes all confin'd . Yet let them only share the praises due , If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For ...
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... wish to be in the right . I am , Dear Sir , Your sincere friend , and ardent admirer , OLIVER GOLDSMITH [ The increase of luxury was a favourite topic with Goldsmith . Cf. Birkbeck Hill's Boswell , 1887 , ii . 217-8 . ) ] THE DESERTED ...
... wish to be in the right . I am , Dear Sir , Your sincere friend , and ardent admirer , OLIVER GOLDSMITH [ The increase of luxury was a favourite topic with Goldsmith . Cf. Birkbeck Hill's Boswell , 1887 , ii . 217-8 . ) ] THE DESERTED ...
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... wish obtain , The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And , even while fashion's brightest arts decoy , The heart distrusting asks , if this be joy . Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen , who survey The rich man's joys increase , the ...
... wish obtain , The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And , even while fashion's brightest arts decoy , The heart distrusting asks , if this be joy . Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen , who survey The rich man's joys increase , the ...
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... wish'd in vain For seats like these beyond the western main ; And shuddering still to face the distant deep , Return'd and wept , and still returned to weep . The good old sire , the first prepar❜d to go To new - found worlds , and ...
... wish'd in vain For seats like these beyond the western main ; And shuddering still to face the distant deep , Return'd and wept , and still returned to weep . The good old sire , the first prepar❜d to go To new - found worlds , and ...
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