Goldsmith's The Traveller and The Deserted VillageAppleton, 1910 - 96 páginas |
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... Gold- smith used to pick up a meal or a night's lodging at this university or that , by " disputing , " after the custom of the Middle Ages , on some question of philosophy or ethics . Soon this life of idle roving began to pall , for ...
... Gold- smith used to pick up a meal or a night's lodging at this university or that , by " disputing , " after the custom of the Middle Ages , on some question of philosophy or ethics . Soon this life of idle roving began to pall , for ...
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... ( 1764 ) , and The Deserted Village ( 1770 ) . In these products of Gold- smith's pen the joy , rather than the necessity , of writing is the distinguishing mark . row . Death and Burial.— Goldsmith died of a fever INTRODUCTION 13.
... ( 1764 ) , and The Deserted Village ( 1770 ) . In these products of Gold- smith's pen the joy , rather than the necessity , of writing is the distinguishing mark . row . Death and Burial.— Goldsmith died of a fever INTRODUCTION 13.
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... Gold- smith's figure and physiognomy was not engaging , and the impression made by his writings on the mind of a stranger was not confirmed by the external graces of their author . In stature he was somewhat under the middle size ; his ...
... Gold- smith's figure and physiognomy was not engaging , and the impression made by his writings on the mind of a stranger was not confirmed by the external graces of their author . In stature he was somewhat under the middle size ; his ...
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... Gold- smith recalled his words when he painted the faults of each race and clime . Later when he wished to portray in The Deserted Village the sad results of trade and luxury , he turned again to Thomson , - the fifth canto in- deed ...
... Gold- smith recalled his words when he painted the faults of each race and clime . Later when he wished to portray in The Deserted Village the sad results of trade and luxury , he turned again to Thomson , - the fifth canto in- deed ...
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... political economists have taken excep- tion , charging the poet with being blind to the far - reach- ing benefits of trade and commerce . In brief , Gold- smith's sympathies and imagination were stirred as much by the 26 INTRODUCTION.
... political economists have taken excep- tion , charging the poet with being blind to the far - reach- ing benefits of trade and commerce . In brief , Gold- smith's sympathies and imagination were stirred as much by the 26 INTRODUCTION.
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Goldsmith's The Traveller, and The Deserted Village: Gray's Elegy and Other ... Oliver Goldsmith Visualização integral - 1914 |
Goldsmith's The Traveller, and The Deserted Village: Gray's Elegy and Other ... Oliver Goldsmith Visualização integral - 1919 |
...Goldsmith's The Traveller and The Deserted Village, and Gray's Elegy in a ... Oliver Goldsmith Visualização integral - 1909 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
adjective Amidst Auburn Bennet Langton bittern blessings blest bliss blooms Boswell breast Carinthia charms cheerful clime Consult note Contrarine Cotter's critical dear decay Deserted Village Dunciad edition eighteenth century England English epithet fame flies gelid Gold Goldsmith's day happiness hawthorn heart Henry Goldsmith heroic couplet History Introduction Italy Johnson kings land learned Letter Lissoy literary literature luxury mantling meaning metonymy Milton mind native nature note on 11 note on line o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain past participle peasant phrase pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poetry pomp poor Pope praise pride pupils reign rhyme rich rotten boroughs round Samuel Johnson scene sense Shak Sir Joshua Reynolds smiling soil solitary soul STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL swain Sweet Sweet Auburn teacher themes thing thou tion toil train Traveller verse Vicar of Wakefield wandering wealth words wretched writing وو
Passagens conhecidas
Página 59 - And even the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — what waits him there? To see profusion that he must not share; To see ten thousand baneful arts combined To pamper luxury and thin mankind...
Página 51 - 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.
Página 55 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven, As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, • Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 52 - The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school , The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind, — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Página 45 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 33 - 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 ever is at home...
Página 56 - For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around, And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed, is forgot.
Página 54 - 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.
Página 37 - 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...
Página 54 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray.