The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with the life of the author, embellished with vignettes by T. Bewick1794 |
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... some striking proofs at the college of Edinburgh ; and it was from hence he sent the first sketch of his delight- ful epiftle , called The Traveller , to his brother Henry , a clergyman in Ireland . From Geneva , Mr. Goldsmith and his ...
... some striking proofs at the college of Edinburgh ; and it was from hence he sent the first sketch of his delight- ful epiftle , called The Traveller , to his brother Henry , a clergyman in Ireland . From Geneva , Mr. Goldsmith and his ...
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... some " compliments I thought neceffary on fuch an occafion , 66 proceeded on to Northumberland - house , and acquaint- " ed the fervants that I had particular business with his " Grace . They fhewed me into an antichamber , where ...
... some " compliments I thought neceffary on fuch an occafion , 66 proceeded on to Northumberland - house , and acquaint- " ed the fervants that I had particular business with his " Grace . They fhewed me into an antichamber , where ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... Some spot to real happineis confign'd , Where my worn foul , each wand'ring hope at rest , May gather blifs to fee my fellows bleft . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The fhudd ...
... Some spot to real happineis confign'd , Where my worn foul , each wand'ring hope at rest , May gather blifs to fee my fellows bleft . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The fhudd ...
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... Some fterner virtues o'er the mountain's breast May fit , like falcons cow'ring on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , fuch as play Thro ' life's more cultur'd walks , and charm the way , Thefe , far difpers'd , on timorous pinions ...
... Some fterner virtues o'er the mountain's breast May fit , like falcons cow'ring on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , fuch as play Thro ' life's more cultur'd walks , and charm the way , Thefe , far difpers'd , on timorous pinions ...
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Página 40 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Página 39 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled 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...
Página 35 - 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...
Página 26 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 44 - Now lost to all; her friends, her virtue fled, Near her betrayer's door she lays her head, And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower. With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Página 34 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Página 54 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Página 14 - 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.
Página 36 - 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.
Página 42 - Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds: The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has...