The poems and plays of Oliver GoldsmithIra Bradley & Company, 1818 - 254 páginas |
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... pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man , after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has once gratified his appe- tite with calumny , makes , ever ...
... pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man , after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has once gratified his appe- tite with calumny , makes , ever ...
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... pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast , Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest : Whence from such lands each pleasing science flies , That first excites desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when ...
... pleasures are but few ; For every want that stimulates the breast , Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest : Whence from such lands each pleasing science flies , That first excites desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when ...
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... pleasures , are hat low ; For , as refinement stops , from sire to son Unaltered , unimproved , the manners run ; And love's and friendship's finely pointed dart Fall blunted from each indurated heart . Some sterner virtues o'er the ...
... pleasures , are hat low ; For , as refinement stops , from sire to son Unaltered , unimproved , the manners run ; And love's and friendship's finely pointed dart Fall blunted from each indurated heart . Some sterner virtues o'er the ...
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... pleasure on another's breast . Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools impart ; Here vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace ; Here beggar pride ...
... pleasure on another's breast . Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools impart ; Here vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace ; Here beggar pride ...
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... pleasure's lordly call , The smiling long - frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son , the sire decayed , The modest matron , and the blushing maid , Forced from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climes beyond the ...
... pleasure's lordly call , The smiling long - frequented village fall ? Beheld the duteous son , the sire decayed , The modest matron , and the blushing maid , Forced from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climes beyond the ...
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assure aunt Bail bar-maid battle of Belgrade believe Bless Charles Marlow charms child Constance daughter David Garrick dress Ecod Enter Miss Exeunt Exit eyes face father favour fear fellow folly fool fortune friendship Garnet gentleman girl give hand happiness Hast hear heart Heaven honour hope horses hour humour impudence Jarvis jewels keep lady laugh leave Leon Leontine letter look Lord madam maid Marlow married mean mind Miss Cat Miss Hard Miss Hardcastle Miss Nev Miss Neville Miss Rich Miss Richland modest never night Oliv OLIVER GOLDSMITH Olivia on't pardon passion pleasure poor Pray pretty pride scarce scene servants Sir Char Sir Wil Sir William Honeywood smiling soul squire STOOPS TO CONQUER sure talk tell there's thing thou Tony undone what's wish young Zounds
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Página 27 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge...
Página 53 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind. His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland : Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart.
Página 21 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Página 26 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place : Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray.
Página 65 - ... curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...
Página 29 - 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...
Página 29 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Página 34 - 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!
Página 38 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn, Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, Pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares arc wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 28 - 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...