The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Now First Collected. With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. In two volumes..H. Goldney, 1780 |
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... hand in it . " I have always confidered the press as " the protector of our freedom , as a watch- " ful guardian , capable of uniting the " weak against the encroachments of 88 power . What concerns the public " most properly admits of ...
... hand in it . " I have always confidered the press as " the protector of our freedom , as a watch- " ful guardian , capable of uniting the " weak against the encroachments of 88 power . What concerns the public " most properly admits of ...
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... , happy in the felection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmony of his verfification ; and , though his embarraff- ed ed fituation prevented him from putting the laft hand to xlii MEMOIRS OF.
... , happy in the felection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmony of his verfification ; and , though his embarraff- ed ed fituation prevented him from putting the laft hand to xlii MEMOIRS OF.
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... hand to many of his productions , his Hermit , his Traveller , and his Deferted Village , bid fair to claim a place among the most finished pieces in the English language . The excellent poem of Retaliation was only intended for the ...
... hand to many of his productions , his Hermit , his Traveller , and his Deferted Village , bid fair to claim a place among the most finished pieces in the English language . The excellent poem of Retaliation was only intended for the ...
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... hand , o'er this yet recent shrine I forrowing bend ; and here effay to twine The tributary wreath of laureat bloom , With artless hands , to deck a poet's tomb ; The tomb where Goldsmith fleeps . Fond hopes , adieu ! No more your airy ...
... hand , o'er this yet recent shrine I forrowing bend ; and here effay to twine The tributary wreath of laureat bloom , With artless hands , to deck a poet's tomb ; The tomb where Goldsmith fleeps . Fond hopes , adieu ! No more your airy ...
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... hand , " Thus fome Magician fraught with potent skill , " Transforms , and moulds each varied mafs at will ; " Calls animated forms of wonderous birth , " Cadmean offspring , from the teeming earth , " Uncears the ponderous tombs , the ...
... hand , " Thus fome Magician fraught with potent skill , " Transforms , and moulds each varied mafs at will ; " Calls animated forms of wonderous birth , " Cadmean offspring , from the teeming earth , " Uncears the ponderous tombs , the ...
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Seite 66 - 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.
Seite 99 - 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.
Seite 59 - 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...
Seite 66 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Seite 62 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work...
Seite 66 - 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; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Seite 66 - 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...
Seite 51 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Seite 72 - Where the dark scorpion gathers death around ; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake ; Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they ; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies.
Seite 62 - 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. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...