The Poetical WorksG. Bell, 1867 - 186 pages |
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Page viii
... poor houseless shivering female · The cooling brook . Where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail · . Here , porter , this venison with me to Mile - end . The Hermit . The Cell . Powdered coxcombs Designed by JOHN ABSOLON . • 99 ...
... poor houseless shivering female · The cooling brook . Where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail · . Here , porter , this venison with me to Mile - end . The Hermit . The Cell . Powdered coxcombs Designed by JOHN ABSOLON . • 99 ...
Page xii
... poor faces sufficiently friendly and rich to bestow halfpence on the singer . That was well worth an evening stroll in Dublin ; and that , to this day , is the charm which leads men to write plays , that they may enjoy the sympathy of ...
... poor faces sufficiently friendly and rich to bestow halfpence on the singer . That was well worth an evening stroll in Dublin ; and that , to this day , is the charm which leads men to write plays , that they may enjoy the sympathy of ...
Page xiv
... poor . Starvation again . Everything but one had now been tried , and had failed . As very good Christians , in the last extremity of a dilemma , think they had " better tell the truth at once , " so Goldsmith had no resource but ...
... poor . Starvation again . Everything but one had now been tried , and had failed . As very good Christians , in the last extremity of a dilemma , think they had " better tell the truth at once , " so Goldsmith had no resource but ...
Page xvii
... poor fellow had a painful consciousness of personal defects ; of an awkward figure and an ugly face . And he did but try to render himself a little more presentable to the young beauties whom he sometimes took out for an airing , and ...
... poor fellow had a painful consciousness of personal defects ; of an awkward figure and an ugly face . And he did but try to render himself a little more presentable to the young beauties whom he sometimes took out for an airing , and ...
Page 32
... poor , luxurious ; though submissive , vain ; Though grave , yet trifling ; zealous , yet untrue ; And even in penance planning sins anew . All evils here contaminate the mind , That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was ...
... poor , luxurious ; though submissive , vain ; Though grave , yet trifling ; zealous , yet untrue ; And even in penance planning sins anew . All evils here contaminate the mind , That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was ...
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