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 pagina's |
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Pagina xl
... equal to every subject ; In expression at once lofty , elegant , and graceful . He was born in the kingdom of Ireland , At a place called Pallas , in the parish of Forney , And county of Longford , 29th Nov. 1731 * . Educated at Dublin ...
... equal to every subject ; In expression at once lofty , elegant , and graceful . He was born in the kingdom of Ireland , At a place called Pallas , in the parish of Forney , And county of Longford , 29th Nov. 1731 * . Educated at Dublin ...
Pagina xliii
... equal estimation with the rest of his poetical productions . " His last poem , of Retaliation , ' is replete with humour , free from spleen , and forcibly exhibits the prominent fea- tures of the several characters to which it alludes ...
... equal estimation with the rest of his poetical productions . " His last poem , of Retaliation , ' is replete with humour , free from spleen , and forcibly exhibits the prominent fea- tures of the several characters to which it alludes ...
Pagina lvii
... equal portion of good is dealt to all the human race . He further supposes , that every nation , having in view one peculiar species of happiness , models life to that alone ; whence this favourite kind , pushed to an extreme , becomes ...
... equal portion of good is dealt to all the human race . He further supposes , that every nation , having in view one peculiar species of happiness , models life to that alone ; whence this favourite kind , pushed to an extreme , becomes ...
Pagina lxii
... equal ; yet all will feel the force of the truly philosophical sentiment which con- cludes the piece , -that man's chief bliss is ever seated in his mind ; and that a small part of real felicity consists in what human governments can ...
... equal ; yet all will feel the force of the truly philosophical sentiment which con- cludes the piece , -that man's chief bliss is ever seated in his mind ; and that a small part of real felicity consists in what human governments can ...
Pagina lxiv
... equal manner , with the flowing vein of digressive thought and imagery that stamps his style . The subject of the draught , too , is considerably differ- ent from that of GOLDSMITH , having more of the ascetic and mortified cast , in ...
... equal manner , with the flowing vein of digressive thought and imagery that stamps his style . The subject of the draught , too , is considerably differ- ent from that of GOLDSMITH , having more of the ascetic and mortified cast , in ...
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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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Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Pagina 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...