The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2Richardson, 1821 |
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... printed in one of our Author's earliest works , The Present State of Learning in Europe , 12mo . 1759 ; but was omitted in the second edition , which appeared in 1774 . Here then at once I welcome every shame , And Prologue by Laberius,
... printed in one of our Author's earliest works , The Present State of Learning in Europe , 12mo . 1759 ; but was omitted in the second edition , which appeared in 1774 . Here then at once I welcome every shame , And Prologue by Laberius,
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... present face surpass the old : With modesty her cheeks are dy'd , Humility displaces pride ; For tawdry finery is seen A person ever neatly clean : No more presuming on her sway , She learns good - nature every day : Serenely gay , and ...
... present face surpass the old : With modesty her cheeks are dy'd , Humility displaces pride ; For tawdry finery is seen A person ever neatly clean : No more presuming on her sway , She learns good - nature every day : Serenely gay , and ...
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... present in following my affec- tions . The only dedication I ever made was to my brother , because I loved him better than most other men . He is since dead . Permit me to in- scribe this Poem to you . How far you may be pleased with ...
... present in following my affec- tions . The only dedication I ever made was to my brother , because I loved him better than most other men . He is since dead . Permit me to in- scribe this Poem to you . How far you may be pleased with ...
Page 121
... JARVIS . You are the only man alive in your present situa- tion that could do so . - Every thing upon the waste . There's Miss Richland and her fine fortune gone already , and upon the point of being given to THE GOOD - NATUR'D MAN . 121.
... JARVIS . You are the only man alive in your present situa- tion that could do so . - Every thing upon the waste . There's Miss Richland and her fine fortune gone already , and upon the point of being given to THE GOOD - NATUR'D MAN . 121.
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... present ministers are pleased to repre- sent me as a formidable man . I know they are pleased to bespatter me at all their little dirty levees . Yet , upon my soul , I wonder what they see in me to treat me so ! Measures , not men ...
... present ministers are pleased to repre- sent me as a formidable man . I know they are pleased to bespatter me at all their little dirty levees . Yet , upon my soul , I wonder what they see in me to treat me so ! Measures , not men ...
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Page 47 - 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 89 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Page 50 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly!
Page 88 - 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. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote...
Page 48 - And sleights of art and feats of strength went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.
Page 55 - Where then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits...
Page 48 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green; One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain...
Page 23 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. 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 53 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed 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 50 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.