The Poetical Works ...Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 355 pages |
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... honour , beggared himself and his children , by giving a large portion to a daughter who had secretly married a wealthy pupil of Henry's . For Oliver , there was no road to the University unless through a sizarship . His pride revolted ...
... honour , beggared himself and his children , by giving a large portion to a daughter who had secretly married a wealthy pupil of Henry's . For Oliver , there was no road to the University unless through a sizarship . His pride revolted ...
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... honour the author's bill for fifteen pounds : in December the same person paid him five guineas , when he had earned them by " writing a short English Grammar ; " and about New Year's day thereafter , the book- seller's note - book ...
... honour the author's bill for fifteen pounds : in December the same person paid him five guineas , when he had earned them by " writing a short English Grammar ; " and about New Year's day thereafter , the book- seller's note - book ...
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... honour , liberty , content ; Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails , And honour sinks where commerce long prevails . Hence every ...
... honour , liberty , content ; Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails , And honour sinks where commerce long prevails . Hence every ...
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... honour forms the social temper here . Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or. 43 THE TRAVELLER .
... honour forms the social temper here . Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or. 43 THE TRAVELLER .
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Oliver Goldsmith. Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or even imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land ; From courts to camps , to cottages it strays ...
Oliver Goldsmith. Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or even imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land ; From courts to camps , to cottages it strays ...
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Ballads beauty blessings blest bliss bound in cloth breast BULKLEY Burke CHALDEAN CHARLES BENNETT CHARLES GRIFFIN charms cheer CHORUS cloth and gold cloth gilt elegant comedy Covent Garden cried David Garrick dear Edited EDMUND BURKE EPILOGUE essays eyes fame Fcap fear flies folly handsomely bound heart Heaven honour Illustrated Johnson Kilkenny labour land Lord luxury Memoir and Notes mind mirth MISS CATLEY never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain Pasty plain pleasure poem Poetical Poets poor praise pride rage raptures Recitative Reynolds rise ROBERT BELL round Royal 8vo scene SECOND PRIEST SECOND PROPHET sigh sinks sizar skies smiling SONG sorrow soul spread spurn Stoops to Conquer supplies swain sweet SWEET Auburn thee thine thou thoughts toil Toned Paper triumph turn Twas Ven'son village wealth weep Whitefoord WILLIAM SPALDING WOMAN wretch yonder youth