The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and WritingsJ. Crissy, 1845 - 527 pages |
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... dear friend , whose promised hospitalities unless you should be so obliging as to lend me a were so securely relied on , received him with much guinea for the purpose . " Here again his friend's apparent satisfaction , and only appeared ...
... dear friend , whose promised hospitalities unless you should be so obliging as to lend me a were so securely relied on , received him with much guinea for the purpose . " Here again his friend's apparent satisfaction , and only appeared ...
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With an Account of His Life and Writings Oliver Goldsmith Washington Irving. dear fellow - collegian , archly recommended to him deposited his trunk in lodgings than he sallied out to take good care of the steed kept at so much ex - to ...
With an Account of His Life and Writings Oliver Goldsmith Washington Irving. dear fellow - collegian , archly recommended to him deposited his trunk in lodgings than he sallied out to take good care of the steed kept at so much ex - to ...
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... dear , and the professors so very lazy lean and ruddy . The one walks as if she were ( the chemical professor excepted , ) that we don't straddling after a go - cart , and the other takes too much care to come hither . I am not certain ...
... dear , and the professors so very lazy lean and ruddy . The one walks as if she were ( the chemical professor excepted , ) that we don't straddling after a go - cart , and the other takes too much care to come hither . I am not certain ...
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... DEAR SIR , —It may be four years since my last him unco thoughtful o ' his wife and bonnie Inve- letters went to Ireland ; and from you in particular rary . But now to be serious ; let me ask myself I received no answer , probably ...
... DEAR SIR , —It may be four years since my last him unco thoughtful o ' his wife and bonnie Inve- letters went to Ireland ; and from you in particular rary . But now to be serious ; let me ask myself I received no answer , probably ...
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... dear Dan , how long I have been of going to decipher the inscriptions on the Writ- talking about myself ; but attribute my vanity to ten Mountains , though he was altogether ignorant my affection : as every man is fond of himself , and ...
... dear Dan , how long I have been of going to decipher the inscriptions on the Writ- talking about myself ; but attribute my vanity to ten Mountains , though he was altogether ignorant my affection : as every man is fond of himself , and ...
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Page 154 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 153 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay! Princes and Lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold Peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied ! A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man.
Page 153 - And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, 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...
Page 156 - And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Page 155 - Vain transitory splendours ; could not all Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall? Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's heart. Thither no more the peasant shall repair, To sweet oblivion of his daily care; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear; The host himself no longer shall be found Careful to see the...
Page 162 - As an actor, confest without rival to shine ; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line : Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart...
Page 150 - Thus every good his native wilds impart Imprints the patriot passion on his heart ; And e'en those ills that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 147 - GOOD people all, of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you find it wondrous short, It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes ; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. 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...
Page 154 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 155 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...