The Poetical WorksG. Bell, 1867 - 186 pages |
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Page xv
... mind . The same year , 1759 , Burns was to be born , and up to his twentieth year was never once to have as much as he could eat at a time , and his health was to suffer , and his shoulders to sink . A few years later , the " marvellous ...
... mind . The same year , 1759 , Burns was to be born , and up to his twentieth year was never once to have as much as he could eat at a time , and his health was to suffer , and his shoulders to sink . A few years later , the " marvellous ...
Page xx
... mind of the writer of these few pages , and , he thinks , the minds of all his friends . And , it the personality of such stories may be pardoned , he would mention that pilgrimages to such shrines , when possible , are frequent amongst ...
... mind of the writer of these few pages , and , he thinks , the minds of all his friends . And , it the personality of such stories may be pardoned , he would mention that pilgrimages to such shrines , when possible , are frequent amongst ...
Page xxii
... reader , for the first time , of Goldsmith's Poems , will make up his mind that no commendatory observa- tions were necessary . THE TRAVELLER . DEDICATION . DEAR SIR , TO THE xxii OLIVER GOLDSMITH . THE HAUNCH OF VENISON RETALIATION.
... reader , for the first time , of Goldsmith's Poems , will make up his mind that no commendatory observa- tions were necessary . THE TRAVELLER . DEDICATION . DEAR SIR , TO THE xxii OLIVER GOLDSMITH . THE HAUNCH OF VENISON RETALIATION.
Page xxiii
... amusement among unpolished nations ; but in a country verging to the extremes of refinement , Painting and Music come in for a share . As these offer the feeble mind a less laborious entertainment , they at first rival Poetry , and at.
... amusement among unpolished nations ; but in a country verging to the extremes of refinement , Painting and Music come in for a share . As these offer the feeble mind a less laborious entertainment , they at first rival Poetry , and at.
Page xxiv
... mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has ...
... mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has ...
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