The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with the life of the author, embellished with vignettes by T. Bewick1794 |
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... give in the perufal , are striking proofs of their merit . He was a ftudious and correct obferver of nature , happy in the felection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmony of his verfification ; and , though ...
... give in the perufal , are striking proofs of their merit . He was a ftudious and correct obferver of nature , happy in the felection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmony of his verfification ; and , though ...
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... give to get esteem , ' Till , feeming bleft , they grow to what they seem . But while this fofter art their blifs fupplies , It gives their follies also room to rife ; For praise too dearly lov'd or warmly fought , Enfeebles all ...
... give to get esteem , ' Till , feeming bleft , they grow to what they seem . But while this fofter art their blifs fupplies , It gives their follies also room to rife ; For praise too dearly lov'd or warmly fought , Enfeebles all ...
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... gives the name of AUBURN - He proceeds to contraft the innocence and happiness of a simple and natural ftate , with the miferies and vices that have been introduced by po- lished life - The beautiful description of the Parish Priest ...
... gives the name of AUBURN - He proceeds to contraft the innocence and happiness of a simple and natural ftate , with the miferies and vices that have been introduced by po- lished life - The beautiful description of the Parish Priest ...
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... give it with good will . " Then turn to - night , and freely share " Whate'er my cell beftows- " My rushy couch and frugal fare , " My bleffing and repofe . " No flocks that range the valley free " To ( 57 ) The Hermit, a Ballad The ...
... give it with good will . " Then turn to - night , and freely share " Whate'er my cell beftows- " My rushy couch and frugal fare , " My bleffing and repofe . " No flocks that range the valley free " To ( 57 ) The Hermit, a Ballad The ...
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... give them - when I get ' em . I'll give but not the full - blown rose , Or rofe - bud more in fashion ; Such fhort - liv'd off'rings but difclofe A tranfitory paffion . I'll give thee fomething yet unpaid , Not lefs fincere , than civil ...
... give them - when I get ' em . I'll give but not the full - blown rose , Or rofe - bud more in fashion ; Such fhort - liv'd off'rings but difclofe A tranfitory paffion . I'll give thee fomething yet unpaid , Not lefs fincere , than civil ...
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Page 40 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Page 39 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Page 35 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
Page 26 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 44 - Now lost to all; her friends, her virtue fled, Near her betrayer's door she lays her head, And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower. With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Page 34 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 54 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 14 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 36 - 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 42 - Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds: The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has...