Goldsmith's The Traveller and The Deserted VillageAppleton, 1910 - 96 páginas |
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... brother Henry , however , he finally went back to take his degree in 1749 , graduating as he had en- tered , the lowest in the list . Attempts at Various Professions.- Goldsmith was now twenty - one and dependent upon his own talents ...
... brother Henry , however , he finally went back to take his degree in 1749 , graduating as he had en- tered , the lowest in the list . Attempts at Various Professions.- Goldsmith was now twenty - one and dependent upon his own talents ...
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... brother , the wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and the labourers are but few ; while you have left the field of ambition , where the la- bourers are many , and the ...
... brother , the wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and the labourers are but few ; while you have left the field of ambition , where the la- bourers are many , and the ...
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... judge , better than yourself , how far these positions are illustrated in this poem . I am , dear Sir , Your most affectionate Brother , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . THE TRAVELLER REMOTE , unfriended , melancholy , slow , 30 THE TRAVELLER.
... judge , better than yourself , how far these positions are illustrated in this poem . I am , dear Sir , Your most affectionate Brother , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . THE TRAVELLER REMOTE , unfriended , melancholy , slow , 30 THE TRAVELLER.
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... brother turns , with ceaseless pain , And drags at each remove a lengthening chain . Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend ! Blest be that spot where cheerful guests retire To pause ...
... brother turns , with ceaseless pain , And drags at each remove a lengthening chain . Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend , And round his dwelling guardian saints attend ! Blest be that spot where cheerful guests retire To pause ...
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... brother , curse with me that baleful hour When first ambition struck at regal power ; And thus polluting honor in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her ...
... brother , curse with me that baleful hour When first ambition struck at regal power ; And thus polluting honor in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her ...
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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.