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... praise , is far inferior to the design . No philo- sophical poem , ancient or modern , has a plan so noble , and at the same time so simple . An Eng- lish wanderer , seated on a crag among the Alps , near the point where three great ...
... praise , is far inferior to the design . No philo- sophical poem , ancient or modern , has a plan so noble , and at the same time so simple . An Eng- lish wanderer , seated on a crag among the Alps , near the point where three great ...
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... praise , in- stead of doing injuries slyly and in the dark , he told everybody that he was envious . " Do not , pray ... praises of the man whom they envied , and then have sent to the newspapers anonymous libels upon him . Both what was ...
... praise , in- stead of doing injuries slyly and in the dark , he told everybody that he was envious . " Do not , pray ... praises of the man whom they envied , and then have sent to the newspapers anonymous libels upon him . Both what was ...
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... praise ; the style of Mr. Washington Irving is always pleasing ; but the highest place must , in justice , be assigned to the eminently interesting work of Mr. Forster . ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH , FROM I. NORTHCOTE'S LIFE OF REYNOLDS ...
... praise ; the style of Mr. Washington Irving is always pleasing ; but the highest place must , in justice , be assigned to the eminently interesting work of Mr. Forster . ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH , FROM I. NORTHCOTE'S LIFE OF REYNOLDS ...
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... praise a mere glutton , he swallow'd what came , And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous , almost to disease , Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please . But let us be candid , and speak out ...
... praise a mere glutton , he swallow'd what came , And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous , almost to disease , Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please . But let us be candid , and speak out ...
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... praise , and exclaimed with some warmth , Pshaw ! I can do it better myself . ' He , I am afraid , had no settled system of any sort , so that his conduct must not be strictly scrutinized ; but his affections were social and generous ...
... praise , and exclaimed with some warmth , Pshaw ! I can do it better myself . ' He , I am afraid , had no settled system of any sort , so that his conduct must not be strictly scrutinized ; but his affections were social and generous ...
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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.