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... gave them , " My father , " says the " Man in Black , " who , in some re- spects , is a counterpart of Goldsmith himself , " my father , the younger son of a good family , was possessed of a small living in the church . His education ...
... gave them , " My father , " says the " Man in Black , " who , in some re- spects , is a counterpart of Goldsmith himself , " my father , the younger son of a good family , was possessed of a small living in the church . His education ...
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... gave ; he loved all the world , and he fancied all the world loved him . up to the " As his fortune was but small , he lived very extent of it : he had no intention of leaving his children money , for that was dross ; he resolved they ...
... gave ; he loved all the world , and he fancied all the world loved him . up to the " As his fortune was but small , he lived very extent of it : he had no intention of leaving his children money , for that was dross ; he resolved they ...
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... gave ere charity began . " The family of the worthy pastor consisted of five sons and three daughters . Henry , the eldest , was the good man's pride and hope , and he tasked his slender means to the utmost in edu- cating him for a ...
... gave ere charity began . " The family of the worthy pastor consisted of five sons and three daughters . Henry , the eldest , was the good man's pride and hope , and he tasked his slender means to the utmost in edu- cating him for a ...
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... gave especial orders to have a hot cake at breakfast . His confusion and dismay , on discovering the next morning that he had been swaggering in this free and easy way in the house of a private gentleman , may be readily conceived ...
... gave especial orders to have a hot cake at breakfast . His confusion and dismay , on discovering the next morning that he had been swaggering in this free and easy way in the house of a private gentleman , may be readily conceived ...
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... gave promise of their future celebrity , though Burke certainly surpassed his contempo- rary in industry and application , and evinced more disposition for self - improvement , associating himself with a number of his fellow - students ...
... gave promise of their future celebrity , though Burke certainly surpassed his contempo- rary in industry and application , and evinced more disposition for self - improvement , associating himself with a number of his fellow - students ...
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Page 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 23 - A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers...
Page 76 - And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
Page 42 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round.
Page 21 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain.
Page 177 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Page 247 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 221 - A man he was to all the country dear. And passing rich with forty pounds a year. Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place.
Page 366 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, .He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand : His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still bom to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...