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Page viii
... LORD BOLINGBROKE . THE LIFE OF DR . PARNELL MEMOIRS OF M DE VOLTAIRE . THE LIFE OF RICHARD NASH , ESQ . POEMS . . . Written and spoken by the Poet Laberius , a Roman Knight whom Cæsar forced upon the Stage . - Preserved by Ma- crobius ...
... LORD BOLINGBROKE . THE LIFE OF DR . PARNELL MEMOIRS OF M DE VOLTAIRE . THE LIFE OF RICHARD NASH , ESQ . POEMS . . . Written and spoken by the Poet Laberius , a Roman Knight whom Cæsar forced upon the Stage . - Preserved by Ma- crobius ...
Page xxxiii
... Lord Chesterfield or Lord Orrery , and then very generally to Lord Lyttelton , and became very popular . Goldsmith , having received 217. , which remained as the balance due to him for the work , did not wish to undeceive the public ...
... Lord Chesterfield or Lord Orrery , and then very generally to Lord Lyttelton , and became very popular . Goldsmith , having received 217. , which remained as the balance due to him for the work , did not wish to undeceive the public ...
Page xxxix
... Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , had all sorts of offices on the Irish establishment at his disposal , and might easily , with public approval , have given some sinecure to one who was not only a popular author , but an Irishman to boot ...
... Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , had all sorts of offices on the Irish establishment at his disposal , and might easily , with public approval , have given some sinecure to one who was not only a popular author , but an Irishman to boot ...
Page xlv
... Lord Clare , written in 1771 , but not published till after his death , and Threnodia Augustalis , " rather a compilation than a poem , " as he himself says , written to be set to music on the death of the Princess Dowager of Wales ...
... Lord Clare , written in 1771 , but not published till after his death , and Threnodia Augustalis , " rather a compilation than a poem , " as he himself says , written to be set to music on the death of the Princess Dowager of Wales ...
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... lord was he ; And all his wealth was mark'd as mine , He had but only me . " To win me from his tender arms Unnumber'd suitors came , Who praised me for imputed charms , And felt , or feign'd , à flame . " Each hour a mercenary crowd ...
... lord was he ; And all his wealth was mark'd as mine , He had but only me . " To win me from his tender arms Unnumber'd suitors came , Who praised me for imputed charms , And felt , or feign'd , à flame . " Each hour a mercenary crowd ...
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Page 583 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossomed 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...
Page 581 - 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. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place...
Page 580 - 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.
Page 581 - 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 : I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 580 - Where once the cottage stood, the hawthorn grew, Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain. In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share...
Page 579 - THE DESERTED VILLAGE SWEET Auburn! loveliest village of the plain; Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain, Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid, And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed: 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! How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot...
Page 582 - Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Page 586 - 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...
Page 583 - For e'en though vanquished, 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. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed, is forgot.
Page 594 - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line; Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings — a dupe to his art.