Goldsmith's The Traveller and The Deserted VillageAppleton, 1910 - 96 páginas |
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... ideas and local conditions . There has been no attempt to adhere exactly to the text of any special edition of either poem , though the text of The Traveller , aside from certain alterations in punctu- ation and spelling , and the ...
... ideas and local conditions . There has been no attempt to adhere exactly to the text of any special edition of either poem , though the text of The Traveller , aside from certain alterations in punctu- ation and spelling , and the ...
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... ideas of the day exalted the critical over the creative , and manner over matter , activity in letters was by no means stilled . Richardson , Fielding , Smollett and Sterne were blazing the way for future nov- elists ; Burke , Chatham ...
... ideas of the day exalted the critical over the creative , and manner over matter , activity in letters was by no means stilled . Richardson , Fielding , Smollett and Sterne were blazing the way for future nov- elists ; Burke , Chatham ...
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... . Purpose . The central idea of The Deserted Village is a lament over the decay of the small farmers , and an in- vective against the spreading power of the landed class - " luxury , " the poet says . This was INTRODUCTION 23.
... . Purpose . The central idea of The Deserted Village is a lament over the decay of the small farmers , and an in- vective against the spreading power of the landed class - " luxury , " the poet says . This was INTRODUCTION 23.
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... idea with Goldsmith ; in The Traveller , lines 397-412 , and in many of his contributions to The Citizen of the World , the same thought is touched upon . Spirit of Progress.- Goldsmith's intensity in cham- pioning in verse the cause of ...
... idea with Goldsmith ; in The Traveller , lines 397-412 , and in many of his contributions to The Citizen of the World , the same thought is touched upon . Spirit of Progress.- Goldsmith's intensity in cham- pioning in verse the cause of ...
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... idea uppermost in the minds of the legislators . " At first they prohibited the exportation of grain stuffs . Later , however , this policy was abandoned , and the exportation of wheat and corn at a fixed price per quarter was permitted ...
... idea uppermost in the minds of the legislators . " At first they prohibited the exportation of grain stuffs . Later , however , this policy was abandoned , and the exportation of wheat and corn at a fixed price per quarter was permitted ...
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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.