The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a Life and Notes, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... character , and his unsettled habits , have imparted to his history an air of romance , which seldom belongs to the record of scholar's life . A restless love of adventure , joined with incorrigible imprudence , was perpetually ...
... character , and his unsettled habits , have imparted to his history an air of romance , which seldom belongs to the record of scholar's life . A restless love of adventure , joined with incorrigible imprudence , was perpetually ...
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... character of his brother Henry , but according to the tradition in his own family , the poet intended it for a portrait , and it is said to be a faithful one , of his father . * Such a tribute is alike creditable to the filial piety of ...
... character of his brother Henry , but according to the tradition in his own family , the poet intended it for a portrait , and it is said to be a faithful one , of his father . * Such a tribute is alike creditable to the filial piety of ...
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... character , together with a slight portion of that imprudence which seems to have been a family characteristic ; for he married at the early age of nine- teen , and , retiring to a country curacy , disappointed those sanguine ...
... character , together with a slight portion of that imprudence which seems to have been a family characteristic ; for he married at the early age of nine- teen , and , retiring to a country curacy , disappointed those sanguine ...
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... character through life . * Under such a master , his proficiency in learning was probably not very great . It is said , however , that , even at this early period , he gave such indications of talent , as encouraged his friends to alter ...
... character through life . * Under such a master , his proficiency in learning was probably not very great . It is said , however , that , even at this early period , he gave such indications of talent , as encouraged his friends to alter ...
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... character in after life , invited his landlord , together with his wife and two daughters , to sup with him ; and after spending a happy evening with them , retired to rest , having previously ordered a hot cake to be prepared for his ...
... character in after life , invited his landlord , together with his wife and two daughters , to sup with him ; and after spending a happy evening with them , retired to rest , having previously ordered a hot cake to be prepared for his ...
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Page 102 - The mournful peasant leads his humble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave ! Where, then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the bare-worn common is denied.
Page 105 - 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 118 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks...
Page 96 - Far, far away, thy children leave the land. 50 111 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.
Page 96 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green ; One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain...
Page 102 - Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds...
Page 81 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good...
Page 99 - But in his duty, prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed 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 130 - 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.
Page 99 - Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched, than to rise.