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... various events of his life we have discordant versions the line of separation between truth and fiction being involved in hopeless obscurity ; and as to the history of his works , 2 on which exactness of information would seem to be more.
... various events of his life we have discordant versions the line of separation between truth and fiction being involved in hopeless obscurity ; and as to the history of his works , 2 on which exactness of information would seem to be more.
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Oliver Goldsmith Bolton Corney. on which exactness of information would seem to be more attain- able , the most embarrassing discrepancies prevail . We have fire reports on his birthplace , and about the same number on the composition ...
Oliver Goldsmith Bolton Corney. on which exactness of information would seem to be more attain- able , the most embarrassing discrepancies prevail . We have fire reports on his birthplace , and about the same number on the composition ...
Page xiv
... seems to increase in popularity ; made an abridgment , assisted by Mr. Joseph Collyer , of the biographical writings of Plutarch ; and compiled The Life of Richard Nash , of Bath — which , as he ob- serves , may " supply a vacant hour ...
... seems to increase in popularity ; made an abridgment , assisted by Mr. Joseph Collyer , of the biographical writings of Plutarch ; and compiled The Life of Richard Nash , of Bath — which , as he ob- serves , may " supply a vacant hour ...
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... seems to have written The Haunch of Venison . It is a poetical epistle to Lord Clare , with whom he had become intimate , and is remarkable for its fluent pleas- antry , " city of Rome to the destruction of the western empire . By Dr ...
... seems to have written The Haunch of Venison . It is a poetical epistle to Lord Clare , with whom he had become intimate , and is remarkable for its fluent pleas- antry , " city of Rome to the destruction of the western empire . By Dr ...
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... seem rather to have excited compassion than censure such was the influence of his genius , and of his humane sympathy with distress . In person he was short , with a countenance far from pre- possessing ; and in the article of dress ...
... seem rather to have excited compassion than censure such was the influence of his genius , and of his humane sympathy with distress . In person he was short , with a countenance far from pre- possessing ; and in the article of dress ...
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Page 146 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Page 143 - 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.
Page 49 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Page 54 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Page 56 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd 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; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 70 - 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...
Page 48 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 36 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 144 - 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 friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man.
Page 11 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow flies; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.