The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Including a Variety of Pieces Now First Collected, Volume 4G. P. Putnam, 1854 |
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... expression . He uses the orna- ments which must always distinguish true poetry from prose ; and when he adopts colloquial plainness , it is with the utmost care and skill , to avoid a vulgar humility . There is more of this sustained ...
... expression . He uses the orna- ments which must always distinguish true poetry from prose ; and when he adopts colloquial plainness , it is with the utmost care and skill , to avoid a vulgar humility . There is more of this sustained ...
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... expression to a passage in Dryden's Britannia Redeviva : - " Our vows are heard betimes , and heaven takes care To grant before we can conclude the pray'r ; Preventing angels met it half the way , And sent us back to praise who came to ...
... expression to a passage in Dryden's Britannia Redeviva : - " Our vows are heard betimes , and heaven takes care To grant before we can conclude the pray'r ; Preventing angels met it half the way , And sent us back to praise who came to ...
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... expressing , Sweeter from remember'd woes ; Cyrus comes , our wrongs redressing , Comes to give the world repose . Chorus of VIRGINS . Cyrus comes the world redressing , Love and pleasure in his train ; Comes to heighten every blessing ...
... expressing , Sweeter from remember'd woes ; Cyrus comes , our wrongs redressing , Comes to give the world repose . Chorus of VIRGINS . Cyrus comes the world redressing , Love and pleasure in his train ; Comes to heighten every blessing ...
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... expression for a contemptuous sort of laughter , Naso contemnere adunco : that is , to laugh with a crooked nose ; she may laugh at you in the manner of the ancients if she thinks fit . - But now I am come to the most extraordinary of ...
... expression for a contemptuous sort of laughter , Naso contemnere adunco : that is , to laugh with a crooked nose ; she may laugh at you in the manner of the ancients if she thinks fit . - But now I am come to the most extraordinary of ...
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... expression of your esteem , as due only to me . This is folly , perhaps I allow it : but it is natural to suppose , that merit which has made an impression on one's own heart , may be pow- erful over that of another . LEON . Don't , my ...
... expression of your esteem , as due only to me . This is folly , perhaps I allow it : but it is natural to suppose , that merit which has made an impression on one's own heart , may be pow- erful over that of another . LEON . Don't , my ...
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antistrophe beauty believe BULKLEY called Celtes charms Cicero Critical Croaker dear Ecod Enter Epigoni Epilogue Exeunt Exit eyes faults fear fortune friendship GARNET genius gentleman give Goldsmith hand happiness HAST hear heart Heaven HONEY Honeywood honor hope Hudibras humor imitation JARV JARVIS lady language laugh learning leave LEON Leontine letter LOFTY look Lord Lucretius Madam Mandane manner MARL Marlow merit mighty hand mind MISS HARD Miss Hardcastle MISS NEV Miss Neville MISS RICH Miss Richland modest nature never o'er OLIVIA Ovid pain passion perhaps pleasure poem poet poetry reader scene Scythian seems sentiments SERVANT SIR CHAS SIR WM soul SOUR spirit STOOPS TO CONQUER sublime sure talk taste tell thee there's thing thou thought tion TONY translation verses virtue write young Zamti Zounds
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Page 62 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 64 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Page 73 - That call'd them from their native walks away ; When the poor exiles, every pleasure past, Hung round the bowers, and fondly...
Page 109 - Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day...
Page 126 - Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word — From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind ; She freely lent to all the poor — Who left a pledge behind. She strove the neighborhood to please With manners wondrous winning; And never follow'd wicked ways — Unless when she was sinning.
Page 138 - This dog and man at first were friends; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man. Around from all the...
Page 66 - 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...
Page 64 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 19 - Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind ; As different good, by art or nature given To different nations, makes their blessings even.
Page 66 - Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high...