The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 3J. Murray, 1854 |
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... consider myself in the country which was once so formidable in war , and spread terror and desolation over the whole Roman empire , I can hardly account for the present wretchedness and pusillanimity of its inhabitants — a prey to every ...
... consider myself in the country which was once so formidable in war , and spread terror and desolation over the whole Roman empire , I can hardly account for the present wretchedness and pusillanimity of its inhabitants — a prey to every ...
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... considers that money was never so scarce as it is now , she seems resolved to keep what she has to herself . She is ugly enough you see ; yet , I assure you , she has refused several offers to my own knowledge , within this twelvemonth ...
... considers that money was never so scarce as it is now , she seems resolved to keep what she has to herself . She is ugly enough you see ; yet , I assure you , she has refused several offers to my own knowledge , within this twelvemonth ...
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... consider whether he is contented to lose the esteem of the person he solicits , and whether he is willing to give up friendship only to excite compassion . Pity and friendship are passions incom- " London at that time [ 1751 ] had many ...
... consider whether he is contented to lose the esteem of the person he solicits , and whether he is willing to give up friendship only to excite compassion . Pity and friendship are passions incom- " London at that time [ 1751 ] had many ...
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... considering the delicacy and discernment of those readers I have , and in ascribing my want of popularity to the ignorance or inattention of those I have not . All the world may forsake an author , but vanity will never forsake him ...
... considering the delicacy and discernment of those readers I have , and in ascribing my want of popularity to the ignorance or inattention of those I have not . All the world may forsake an author , but vanity will never forsake him ...
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... considering things in a prudential light , perhaps I was mistaken in designing my paper as an agreeable relaxation to the studious , or an help to conversation among the gay ; instead of addressing it to such , I should have written ...
... considering things in a prudential light , perhaps I was mistaken in designing my paper as an agreeable relaxation to the studious , or an help to conversation among the gay ; instead of addressing it to such , I should have written ...
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Page 68 - GOOD people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word— From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor— Who left a pledge behind. She strove the neighbourhood to please With manners wondrous winning; And never follow'd wicked ways— Unless when she was sinning.
Page 282 - O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 276 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 272 - To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Page 233 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life; but that was not my chance : one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God ! I enjoy good health, and have no enemy in this world, that I know of, but the French and the justice of peace.
Page 61 - ... loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave a new net...
Page 62 - The insect I am now describing lived three years.; every year it changed its skin, and got a new set of legs. I have sometimes plucked off a leg, which grew again in two or three days. At first it dreaded my approach to its web, but at last it became so familiar as to take a fly out of my hand, and upon my touching any part of the web, would immediately leave its hole, prepared either for a defence or an attack.
Page 297 - Nor is this rule without the strongest foundation in nature, as the distresses of the mean by no means affect us so strongly as the calamities of the great. When tragedy exhibits to us some great man fallen from his height, and struggling with want and adversity, we feel his situation in the same manner as we suppose he himself must feel, and our pity is increased in proportion to the height from which he fell.
Page 316 - ... whence happiness or calamity is derived, and whence it may be expected; and honestly to lay before the people what inquiry can gather of the past, and conjecture can estimate of the future.
Page 149 - The music of the finest singer is dissonance to what I felt when our old dairy-maid sung me into tears with Johnny Armstrong's Last Good Night, or the Cruelty of Barbara Allen.