The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith. Ed. by B. CorneyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1868 - 231 pages |
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... learning in Europe , which was pub- lished anonymously in 1759. It is a superficial perform- ance , and not devoid of flippancy - but attractive as to style . His object , in this publication , was to equip him- self for a voyage to ...
... learning in Europe , which was pub- lished anonymously in 1759. It is a superficial perform- ance , and not devoid of flippancy - but attractive as to style . His object , in this publication , was to equip him- self for a voyage to ...
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... learning was in fault . The village all declar'd how much he knew ; ' Twas certain he could write , and cipher too , Lands he could measure , terms and tides presage— And even the story ran that he could gauge . In arguing too , the ...
... learning was in fault . The village all declar'd how much he knew ; ' Twas certain he could write , and cipher too , Lands he could measure , terms and tides presage— And even the story ran that he could gauge . In arguing too , the ...
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... learning light ; Such as to modern bards decreed : A just comparison - proceed . In the next place , his feet peruse ; Wings grow again from both his shoes : Design'd , no doubt , their part to bear , And waft his godship through the ...
... learning light ; Such as to modern bards decreed : A just comparison - proceed . In the next place , his feet peruse ; Wings grow again from both his shoes : Design'd , no doubt , their part to bear , And waft his godship through the ...
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... learning for communications of a much more important nature . I am , " etc. In 1775 Mr. Percy , on re - editing his Reliques of ancient English poetry , gave this candid rejoinder , in a note to The friar of orders gray : " As the ...
... learning for communications of a much more important nature . I am , " etc. In 1775 Mr. Percy , on re - editing his Reliques of ancient English poetry , gave this candid rejoinder , in a note to The friar of orders gray : " As the ...
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... learning— At least it's your temper , as very well known , That you think very slightly of all that's your own ; So , perhaps , in your habits of thinking amiss , You may make a mistake , and think slightly of this . 120 THRENODIA ...
... learning— At least it's your temper , as very well known , That you think very slightly of all that's your own ; So , perhaps , in your habits of thinking amiss , You may make a mistake , and think slightly of this . 120 THRENODIA ...
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Page 60 - Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. 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 47 - 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 186 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 43 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please — How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Page 62 - The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden, and a grave. Where then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is denied.
Page 54 - And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, 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. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, 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 61 - Has robb'd the neighb'ring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green; Around the world each needful product flies, For all the luxuries the world supplies: While thus the land, adorn'd for pleasure, all In barren splendour feebly waits the fall.
Page 58 - The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules...
Page 51 - 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...
Page 56 - 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 ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned.