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... kind - hearted and benevolent man , to whom our poet was bound to the last by ties of affectionate gratitude . Now also his father died , and his necessities became greater than ever . We hear of him , writing ballads , and selling the ...
... kind - hearted and benevolent man , to whom our poet was bound to the last by ties of affectionate gratitude . Now also his father died , and his necessities became greater than ever . We hear of him , writing ballads , and selling the ...
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... kind of writing he peculiarly excelled ; and his friend Dr. Johnson allowed him to be unrivalled in it . As a specimen of his humourous style , the following extract from the " History of a Strolling Player " may be taken as displaying ...
... kind of writing he peculiarly excelled ; and his friend Dr. Johnson allowed him to be unrivalled in it . As a specimen of his humourous style , the following extract from the " History of a Strolling Player " may be taken as displaying ...
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... , therefore , with confi- dence , but soon perceived , ' No bankrupt ever found the fair one kind . ' Miss Jenny and Master Billy Galoon were lately fallen deeply in love XV A Sketch of the Life of Oliver Goldsmith .
... , therefore , with confi- dence , but soon perceived , ' No bankrupt ever found the fair one kind . ' Miss Jenny and Master Billy Galoon were lately fallen deeply in love XV A Sketch of the Life of Oliver Goldsmith .
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... kind of " growling supervisor of the poet's affairs . " Such a supervision was but too urgently needed . Increased means had not im- proved the poet's habits , or taught him self - denial . The pay for his literary labour was almost ...
... kind of " growling supervisor of the poet's affairs . " Such a supervision was but too urgently needed . Increased means had not im- proved the poet's habits , or taught him self - denial . The pay for his literary labour was almost ...
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... kind of weakness . The fun was broad and hearty , and the characters were drawn in a style that differed from Kelly's as widely as a picture by Hogarth would differ from a pastoral piece by Watteau . At last the comedy was performed ...
... kind of weakness . The fun was broad and hearty , and the characters were drawn in a style that differed from Kelly's as widely as a picture by Hogarth would differ from a pastoral piece by Watteau . At last the comedy was performed ...
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assure BAILIFF blessing blest breast BULKLEY Burchell charms cheerful child cried CROAKER daughter David Garrick dear e'en Enter Exeunt Exit eyes favour fear Flamborough folly fortune friendship GARNET gentleman girl give Goldsmith good-natured happy HARDCASTLE HAST hear heart Heaven HONEYW Honeywood honour hope JARVIS Jenkinson laugh leave LEONT Leontine letter Livy LOFTY look Lord madam MARL Marlow marriage married mind MISS CATLEY MISS HARD MISS NEV MISS RICH Miss Richland morning never night OLIVER GOLDSMITH OLIVIA once pain pardon passion pity pleasure poor praise pride rapture replied returned round scarce seemed servants Sir William sister smile soul squire STOOPS TO CONQUER stranger sure talk tell thee there's things Thornhill thou thought tion TONY town turn virtue wife woman wretched Zounds
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Page 194 - 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 193 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 194 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.
Page 195 - For e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound. Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.
Page 194 - All but yon widow'd, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring; She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread...
Page 222 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when he pleased, he could whistle them back.
Page 199 - Here, richly deck'd, admits the gorgeous train : Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? Ah ! turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies.
Page 195 - 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 72 - 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.
Page 191 - 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 ; For him light Labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more ; His best companions, innocence and health...