The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author : in Two VolumesH. Goldney, 1791 |
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... pursue Some fleeting good , that mocks me with the view ; That , like the circle bounding earth and fkies , Allures from far , yet , as I follow , flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone , And find no fpot of all the world my ...
... pursue Some fleeting good , that mocks me with the view ; That , like the circle bounding earth and fkies , Allures from far , yet , as I follow , flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone , And find no fpot of all the world my ...
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... pursue , Pants to the place from whence at first he flew , I ftill had hopes , my long vexations past , Here to return - and die at home at laft . O bleft retirement , friend to life's decline , Retreats from care , that never must be ...
... pursue , Pants to the place from whence at first he flew , I ftill had hopes , my long vexations past , Here to return - and die at home at laft . O bleft retirement , friend to life's decline , Retreats from care , that never must be ...
Page 99
... pursue the expedient . In short , ' twas his fate , unemploy'd , or in place , fir , To eat mutton cold , and cut blocks with a razor . Vide page 97 . † Ibid . Mr. T. Townshend , member for Whitchurch . H 2 Here 100 RETALIAT IQ N. Here ...
... pursue the expedient . In short , ' twas his fate , unemploy'd , or in place , fir , To eat mutton cold , and cut blocks with a razor . Vide page 97 . † Ibid . Mr. T. Townshend , member for Whitchurch . H 2 Here 100 RETALIAT IQ N. Here ...
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... pursuing her , Makes but a penitent , and lofes a lover . fing the tune , and was fond of them , he was fo goud as to give me them , about a year ago , just as I was leaving London , and bidding him adieu for that feafon , little ...
... pursuing her , Makes but a penitent , and lofes a lover . fing the tune , and was fond of them , he was fo goud as to give me them , about a year ago , just as I was leaving London , and bidding him adieu for that feafon , little ...
Page 112
... every paffion fleeps , The joy that dimples , and the woe that weeps . How haft thou fill'd the fcene with all thy brood , Of fools pursuing , and of fools pursu'd ! Whofe Whofe ins and outs no ray of fenfe difclofes , [ 112 ] Epilogue.
... every paffion fleeps , The joy that dimples , and the woe that weeps . How haft thou fill'd the fcene with all thy brood , Of fools pursuing , and of fools pursu'd ! Whofe Whofe ins and outs no ray of fenfe difclofes , [ 112 ] Epilogue.
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abuſe bard befide bleffings bleft blifs boaft bofom breaſt bufy Burke charms COVENT GARDEN David Garrick dear Deferted defire Doctor drefs eaſe Edmund Burke fame fatire fcene feek feems feen feveral fhades fhall fhould figh fimple fince fincere finks firft firſt fkies flies fmall fmiling folitary fome fons foon forrow foul fpreads ftill ftranger ftrike fuch fupplies fure fweet Garrick happineſs Hawes heart himſelf honeft honour humble laft laſt lord luxury mafter manfion mind mirth moſt muſt o'er occafion OLIVER GOLDSMITH paffion pain paſt pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe prefs pride publiſhed raiſe reft rife riſe round ſcene ſhall ſhame ſhare ſhe ſhed Sir Joshua Reynolds ſkies ſkill ſky ſports ſtate ſteps Stoops to Conquer ſwain thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou toil turn Twas uſed village wealth Whilft Whitefoord whofe Whoſe wiſh write
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Page 51 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 68 - Yes, let the rich deride, the proud disdain. These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art.
Page 61 - 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.
Page 59 - 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...
Page 66 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. 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...
Page 104 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Page 42 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal : But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil, Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil.
Page 67 - Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired.
Page 66 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Page 63 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work...