The British Poets, Volume 6Little, Brown & Company, 1865 |
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... Comedy of the Sister .. 166 Epilogue to the Good - Natured Man .. 168 99 Epilogue to the Comedy of " She Stoops to Conquer " ... 170 Intended Epilogue to " She Stoops to Conquer Another intended Epilogue to " She Stoops to Conquer " 177 ...
... Comedy of the Sister .. 166 Epilogue to the Good - Natured Man .. 168 99 Epilogue to the Comedy of " She Stoops to Conquer " ... 170 Intended Epilogue to " She Stoops to Conquer Another intended Epilogue to " She Stoops to Conquer " 177 ...
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all the sweetness of pastoral poetry , together with all the vivacity of comedy . Moses and his spec- tacles , the vicar and his monogamy , the sharper and his cosmogony , the squire proving from Aris- totle that relatives are related ...
all the sweetness of pastoral poetry , together with all the vivacity of comedy . Moses and his spec- tacles , the vicar and his monogamy , the sharper and his cosmogony , the squire proving from Aris- totle that relatives are related ...
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... comedy still reigned , and Goldsmith's comedies were not sentimental . The Good- natured Man had been too funny to succeed ; yet the mirth of the Good - natured Man was sober when compared with the rich drollery of She Stoops to Conquer ...
... comedy still reigned , and Goldsmith's comedies were not sentimental . The Good- natured Man had been too funny to succeed ; yet the mirth of the Good - natured Man was sober when compared with the rich drollery of She Stoops to Conquer ...
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... comedy of She Stoops to Conquer ' was to be brought out on the stage , on the 15th of March , in this year , he was at a loss what name to give it , till the very last moment , and then , in great haste , called it , ' She Stoops to Con ...
... comedy of She Stoops to Conquer ' was to be brought out on the stage , on the 15th of March , in this year , he was at a loss what name to give it , till the very last moment , and then , in great haste , called it , ' She Stoops to Con ...
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with which I went to see this comedy ; and the next time 1 saw him , he inquired of me what my opinion was of it . I told him that I would not presume to be a judge of its merits ; he then said , ' Did it make you laugh ? ' I answered ...
with which I went to see this comedy ; and the next time 1 saw him , he inquired of me what my opinion was of it . I told him that I would not presume to be a judge of its merits ; he then said , ' Did it make you laugh ? ' I answered ...
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Page 31 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Page 31 - 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.
Page 19 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 33 - Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 39 - 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...
Page 35 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven.
Page 30 - A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd 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; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
Page 27 - 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!
Page 28 - 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 ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round...
Page 1 - REMOTE, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; Or onward, where the rude Carinthian boor Against the houseless stranger shuts the door ; Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies, A weary waste expanding to the skies ; Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.