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Page xli
... serve for all , and it would " be infinitely more genteel ; for all the families of any taste were now drawn in the same manner . As we did not immediately recollect an historical subject to hit us , we were contented each with being ...
... serve for all , and it would " be infinitely more genteel ; for all the families of any taste were now drawn in the same manner . As we did not immediately recollect an historical subject to hit us , we were contented each with being ...
Page xlvi
... serve the interests of mankind also to “ inform them that the greatest wit may be found in a character without impairing the ' most unaffected piety . " What could be better expressed ? Pen in hand , as one here sees , Goldy could do ...
... serve the interests of mankind also to “ inform them that the greatest wit may be found in a character without impairing the ' most unaffected piety . " What could be better expressed ? Pen in hand , as one here sees , Goldy could do ...
Page lviii
... serve as minor specimens of Goldsmith in that line - the wretched shred called a Life of Bolingbroke , for example , and the better , but still poor , Life of Parnell , if not indeed also the Memoir of Voltaire , and the Life of Beau ...
... serve as minor specimens of Goldsmith in that line - the wretched shred called a Life of Bolingbroke , for example , and the better , but still poor , Life of Parnell , if not indeed also the Memoir of Voltaire , and the Life of Beau ...
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... serve to moderate your warmth in the argument ; for , I suppose , your own prudence will enforce the ne- cessity of dissembling , at least till your son has the young lady's fortune secure . ' 29 “ Well , " returned I , “ if what you ...
... serve to moderate your warmth in the argument ; for , I suppose , your own prudence will enforce the ne- cessity of dissembling , at least till your son has the young lady's fortune secure . ' 29 “ Well , " returned I , “ if what you ...
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... serve : in short , sir , he resolved to respect himself , and laid down a plan of restoring his falling fortune . For this purpose , in his own whimsical manner , he travelled through Europe on foot ; and now , though he has scarce ...
... serve : in short , sir , he resolved to respect himself , and laid down a plan of restoring his falling fortune . For this purpose , in his own whimsical manner , he travelled through Europe on foot ; and now , though he has scarce ...
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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.