The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His PoetryCadell & Davies, 1805 - 148 עמודים |
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עמוד xxv
... piece but at the earnest and reiterated instances of many friends . What was called sentimental comedy had at that time got an unaccountable hold of the public taste ; Kelly was subserving this unbritish propensity by his " False De ...
... piece but at the earnest and reiterated instances of many friends . What was called sentimental comedy had at that time got an unaccountable hold of the public taste ; Kelly was subserving this unbritish propensity by his " False De ...
עמוד xxvi
... piece , replied , " D - n it , Doctor , don't be terrified at a squib ; why , we have been sitting these two hours on a barrel of gunpowder . " Gold- smith's pride was so hurt at this remark , that the friendship which had till then ...
... piece , replied , " D - n it , Doctor , don't be terrified at a squib ; why , we have been sitting these two hours on a barrel of gunpowder . " Gold- smith's pride was so hurt at this remark , that the friendship which had till then ...
עמוד xxviii
... piece of stuff , the figure of a woman with a fish's tail , without plot , incident , or intrigue ? We are made to laugh at stale , dull jokes , wherein we mistake pleasantry for wit , and grimace for humour : wherein every scene is ...
... piece of stuff , the figure of a woman with a fish's tail , without plot , incident , or intrigue ? We are made to laugh at stale , dull jokes , wherein we mistake pleasantry for wit , and grimace for humour : wherein every scene is ...
עמוד xxix
... piece of mediocrity . " Brisez le miroir infidele , " Qui vous cache la verité . 66 TOM TICKLE . " By one of those " d - d good - natured friends " who are described by Sir Fretful Plagiary , the newspaper containing the fore- going ...
... piece of mediocrity . " Brisez le miroir infidele , " Qui vous cache la verité . 66 TOM TICKLE . " By one of those " d - d good - natured friends " who are described by Sir Fretful Plagiary , the newspaper containing the fore- going ...
עמוד li
... piece of any kind to the stock of art , is a greater benefit , than that of a thousand abortive and mis - shapen wonders . If GOLDSMITH then be referred to the class of descriptive poets , including the description of mo- ral as well as ...
... piece of any kind to the stock of art , is a greater benefit , than that of a thousand abortive and mis - shapen wonders . If GOLDSMITH then be referred to the class of descriptive poets , including the description of mo- ral as well as ...
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Æsop Amidst Auburn blest bliss boast bosom bow'rs breast BULKLEY Burke character charms comedy David Garrick dear death Deserted Village diff'rent e'en Edmund Burke Elphin Epilogue EPITAPH ev'ning ev'ry eyes fame flies follow'd folly fond forlorn genius give HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heav'n hermit honour hour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL Johnson lamp-black land learning lord lover luxury mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY modern bards moral muse nature ne'er never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene shew'd sigh simile Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling song sorrow soul spread Stoops Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tear thee thine things thou toil tomb Traveller truth turn Twas Vicar of Wakefield wealth Whilst wond'rous wretch write
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עמוד 38 - 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...
עמוד 57 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
עמוד 49 - 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.
עמוד 38 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn : Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
עמוד 42 - 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...
עמוד 74 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
עמוד 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
עמוד 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
עמוד 10 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
עמוד 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...