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" And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep... "
The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 487
1817
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - Abduction - 1832 - 464 pages
...those who prize the paltry things, ' Alas! the joys that fortune brings, More trifling still than they. A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, ' And what is friendship- but a name, But leaves the wretch to weep? 'And love is still an emptier sound...
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A treatise on happiness [by J. Flamank].

James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...around, they fly to brighter scenes and more profitable society. Goldsmith exclaims, — i " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep." The exercise of a friendly and noble disposition is not only pleasing to mankind, but it is advantageous...
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The Second Reader, Or Juvenile Companion

John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 pages
...behind which it is impossible for him, at once, to distinguish the basilisk from the dove. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." If a man is rich, a large class court his favor, in hopes...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...then', is fortitude'? And', fortitude abandoned', where is man'? And what is friendship but a name1? A charm that lulls to. sleep'? A shade that follows wealth or fame'? But leares the wretch to weep'? Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn'; Kind nature the embryo blossom...
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The Monthly Repository, and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 2

1832 - 858 pages
...solitude tits their ingratitude, and to feel the biting memory rf " benefits forgot." "For what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follow ; wealth or fame, And leaves llie wretch to weep." But the attachment of a mother.no change...
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Instructive and Entertaining Lessons for Youth: With Rules for Reading with ...

Noah Webster - Readers - 1835 - 270 pages
...trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. And what is friendship, but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ; On...
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Life and Notes, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 334 pages
...trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. ' And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ;...
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The Christian Library: A Weekly Republication of Popular Religious ..., Volume 3

Religion - 1835 - 440 pages
...interest. This indeed governs tie world in their associations : — " And whnt is friendship but a namo, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." But he sought not high connections— exalted friendships — or splendid...
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The Boy's Friend: Or The Maxims of the Cheerful Old Man

Carlton BRUCE (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]) - Children - 1837 - 300 pages
...stick at the North Pole; and Greenland is not half so green as other places. FRIENDSHIP. And what is friendship, but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep. GOLDSMITH. I COULD laugh outright at the absurd notions which in my...
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The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an account of ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...friendship unreturn'd, Or unregarded love? *&' « Alas! the joys that fortune brings, « And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? « And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest; On...
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