Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith: Comprising ...Ward and Lock, 1865 - 378 pages |
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... young days of Oliver Goldsmith offer nothing very remarkable to record . He was considered a dull boy by his first instructors , though there are indications at times of poetical talent . One of his sisters married a gentleman of ...
... young days of Oliver Goldsmith offer nothing very remarkable to record . He was considered a dull boy by his first instructors , though there are indications at times of poetical talent . One of his sisters married a gentleman of ...
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... young scholar's genius , caused him the keenest mortification ; and to these ills were added the grinding poverty with which he now first became familiar ; a poverty occasionally alleviated by gifts from his uncle , the Rev. Mr ...
... young scholar's genius , caused him the keenest mortification ; and to these ills were added the grinding poverty with which he now first became familiar ; a poverty occasionally alleviated by gifts from his uncle , the Rev. Mr ...
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... young people that had seen but very little of the world . In short , a family likeness prevailed through all ; and , properly speaking , they had but one character - that of being all equally generous , credulous , simple , and ...
... young people that had seen but very little of the world . In short , a family likeness prevailed through all ; and , properly speaking , they had but one character - that of being all equally generous , credulous , simple , and ...
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... young couple every day shared in each other's company seemed to increase their passion . We were generally awakened in the morning by music , and on fine days rode a - hunting . The hours between breakfast and dinner the ladies devoted ...
... young couple every day shared in each other's company seemed to increase their passion . We were generally awakened in the morning by music , and on fine days rode a - hunting . The hours between breakfast and dinner the ladies devoted ...
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... young couple , who seemed earnestly to desire it . During the preparations for the wedding , I need not describe the busy importance of my wife , nor the sly looks of my daughters : in fact my attention was fixed on another object - the ...
... young couple , who seemed earnestly to desire it . During the preparations for the wedding , I need not describe the busy importance of my wife , nor the sly looks of my daughters : in fact my attention was fixed on another object - the ...
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assure BAILIFF blessing blest breast BULKLEY Burchell charms cheerful child cried CROAKER daughter David Garrick dear e'en Enter Exeunt Exit eyes favour fear Flamborough folly fortune friendship GARNET gentleman girl give Goldsmith good-natured happy HARDCASTLE HAST hear heart Heaven HONEYW Honeywood honour hope JARVIS Jenkinson laugh leave LEONT Leontine letter Livy LOFTY look Lord madam MARL Marlow marriage married mind MISS CATLEY MISS HARD MISS NEV MISS RICH Miss Richland morning never night OLIVER GOLDSMITH OLIVIA once pain pardon passion pity pleasure poor praise pride rapture replied returned round scarce seemed servants Sir William sister smile soul squire STOOPS TO CONQUER stranger sure talk tell thee there's things Thornhill thou thought tion TONY town turn virtue wife woman wretched Zounds
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Page 194 - 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 193 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 194 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.
Page 195 - For e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound. Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.
Page 194 - All but yon widow'd, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring; She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread...
Page 222 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when he pleased, he could whistle them back.
Page 199 - Here, richly deck'd, admits the gorgeous train : Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? Ah ! turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies.
Page 195 - 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 72 - 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 191 - 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 ; For him light Labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more ; His best companions, innocence and health...