The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and WritingsJ. Crissy, 1845 - 527 pages |
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... attempt to define what is meant by English liberty , 309 LI . A bookseller's visit to the Chi- nese , .310 313 LII . The impossibility of distinguish- ing men in England by their dress . Two instances of this , 313 LIII . The absurd ...
... attempt to define what is meant by English liberty , 309 LI . A bookseller's visit to the Chi- nese , .310 313 LII . The impossibility of distinguish- ing men in England by their dress . Two instances of this , 313 LIII . The absurd ...
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... attempting to shine in con . as a student of medicine , about the end of the year versation ; he has not temper for it , he is so much 1752. On his arrival in that city , he had no sooner mortified when he fails . A game of jokes is com ...
... attempting to shine in con . as a student of medicine , about the end of the year versation ; he has not temper for it , he is so much 1752. On his arrival in that city , he had no sooner mortified when he fails . A game of jokes is com ...
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... attempt- greatly subsided , flower roots still bore a considera - ed to entertain persons of a higher rank , they al- ble value . Unluckily , while rambling through the ways thought my performance odious , and never garden at Leyden ...
... attempt- greatly subsided , flower roots still bore a considera - ed to entertain persons of a higher rank , they al- ble value . Unluckily , while rambling through the ways thought my performance odious , and never garden at Leyden ...
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... attempt was to get ad - key in Newgate ! I was up early and late : I was mission as an assistant to a boarding - school or aca - browbeat by the master , hated for my ugly face by demy , but , for want of a recommendation , even the ...
... attempt was to get ad - key in Newgate ! I was up early and late : I was mission as an assistant to a boarding - school or aca - browbeat by the master , hated for my ugly face by demy , but , for want of a recommendation , even the ...
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... attempt any thing in the same line . ness , and I could wish to redress them . But at His project respecting the Written Mountains , present there is hardly a kingdom in Europe in was certainly an undertaking of a most extrava- which I ...
... attempt any thing in the same line . ness , and I could wish to redress them . But at His project respecting the Written Mountains , present there is hardly a kingdom in Europe in was certainly an undertaking of a most extrava- which I ...
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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...