The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings |
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... person who receives it to be himself of an old college friend , who lived on the the first in literary merit . At the other examinations , the road , not far from Cork , and determined to apply person thus distinguished may be only the ...
... person who receives it to be himself of an old college friend , who lived on the the first in literary merit . At the other examinations , the road , not far from Cork , and determined to apply person thus distinguished may be only the ...
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... person of interesting appearance was immediately that it was very inconvenient to entertain compa - afterwards ushered into the room , and , when the us- ny of any kind . Besides , he could not well ask a ual compliments were over ...
... person of interesting appearance was immediately that it was very inconvenient to entertain compa - afterwards ushered into the room , and , when the us- ny of any kind . Besides , he could not well ask a ual compliments were over ...
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... person subject , our author thus summed up the misery of for a character , Goldsmith was at a loss to account such an employment : - " After the fatigues of the for using any other name than his own . In this day , the poor usher of an ...
... person subject , our author thus summed up the misery of for a character , Goldsmith was at a loss to account such an employment : - " After the fatigues of the for using any other name than his own . In this day , the poor usher of an ...
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... person , of classical attainments , to preside over annum ; but the other advantages , if a person be pru- the establishment , while deprived of his own sup- dent , are considerable . The practice of the place , port . The son of the ...
... person , of classical attainments , to preside over annum ; but the other advantages , if a person be pru- the establishment , while deprived of his own sup- dent , are considerable . The practice of the place , port . The son of the ...
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... person with whom cleanliness and decency , quoting my practice , and Johnson thus bargained for the " Vicar of Wake- I am desirous this night to show him a better ex- field . " The price agreed on was certainly little ample . " for a ...
... person with whom cleanliness and decency , quoting my practice , and Johnson thus bargained for the " Vicar of Wake- I am desirous this night to show him a better ex- field . " The price agreed on was certainly little ample . " for a ...
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Page 153 - 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 ! A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man.
Page 84 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man! Around from all the neighbouring streets, The wondering neighbours ran, And swore the dog had lost his wits, To bite so good a man. The wound it seem'd both sore and sad To every Christian eye; And while they swore the dog was mad, They swore the man would...
Page 153 - The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! 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 149 - But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease : The naked Negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country,...
Page 148 - Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 156 - Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? — Ah, turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies.
Page 150 - Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes ; With patient angle trolls the finny deep, Or drives his vent'rous ploughshare to the steep ; Or seeks the den where snow-tracks mark the way, And drags the struggling savage into day. At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down the monarch of a shed ; Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze ; While his loved partner, boastful of her hoard,...
Page 153 - And every want to luxury allied, And every pang that folly pays to pride. Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom, Those calm desires that...
Page 150 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 503 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.