The poems and plays of Oliver GoldsmithIra Bradley & Company, 1818 - 254 páginas |
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... hope at rest , May gather bliss , to see my fellows blest . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ...
... hope at rest , May gather bliss , to see my fellows blest . But where to find that happiest spot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ...
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... know more than my betters ; Howe'er , from this time , I shall ne'er see your graces , As I hope to be saved ! without thinking on asses . " Edinburgh , 1753 . 64 AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG THE CLOWN'S REPLY . 63 The Clown's Reply.
... know more than my betters ; Howe'er , from this time , I shall ne'er see your graces , As I hope to be saved ! without thinking on asses . " Edinburgh , 1753 . 64 AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG THE CLOWN'S REPLY . 63 The Clown's Reply.
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... hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart , Bids expectation rise . 1 Closely copied from a madrigal by St. Pavier . Hope , like the glimmering taper's light , Adorns and SONGS . 69 Song from the Oratorio of the Captivity.
... hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart , Bids expectation rise . 1 Closely copied from a madrigal by St. Pavier . Hope , like the glimmering taper's light , Adorns and SONGS . 69 Song from the Oratorio of the Captivity.
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Oliver Goldsmith. Hope , like the glimmering taper's light , Adorns and cheers the way , And still , as darker grows the night , Emits a brighter ray . SONG . O MEMORY ! thou fond deceiver , Still importunate and vain , To former joys ...
Oliver Goldsmith. Hope , like the glimmering taper's light , Adorns and cheers the way , And still , as darker grows the night , Emits a brighter ray . SONG . O MEMORY ! thou fond deceiver , Still importunate and vain , To former joys ...
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... party's largest , shall proceed . And first , I hope , you'll readily agree I've all the critics and the wits for me . They , I am sure , will answer my commands AN EPILOGUE , Epilogue spoken by Mrs Bulkley and Miss Catley.
... party's largest , shall proceed . And first , I hope , you'll readily agree I've all the critics and the wits for me . They , I am sure , will answer my commands AN EPILOGUE , Epilogue spoken by Mrs Bulkley and Miss Catley.
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assure aunt Bail bar-maid battle of Belgrade believe Bless Charles Marlow charms child Constance daughter David Garrick dress Ecod Enter Miss Exeunt Exit eyes face father favour fear fellow folly fool fortune friendship Garnet gentleman girl give hand happiness Hast hear heart Heaven honour hope horses hour humour impudence Jarvis jewels keep lady laugh leave Leon Leontine letter look Lord madam maid Marlow married mean mind Miss Cat Miss Hard Miss Hardcastle Miss Nev Miss Neville Miss Rich Miss Richland modest never night Oliv OLIVER GOLDSMITH Olivia on't pardon passion pleasure poor Pray pretty pride scarce scene servants Sir Char Sir Wil Sir William Honeywood smiling soul squire STOOPS TO CONQUER sure talk tell there's thing thou Tony undone what's wish young Zounds
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Página 27 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge...
Página 53 - 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.
Página 21 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Página 26 - 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.
Página 65 - ... curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...
Página 29 - The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds...
Página 29 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Página 34 - Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Página 38 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn, Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, Pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares arc wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 28 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair, To sweet oblivion of his daily care ; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...