Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poemsF.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Pagina 3
... our Author's earliest works , " The Present State of Learning in Europe , " 12mo . 1759 ; but was omitted in the second edition , which appeared in 1774 . Him I obey , whom Heaven itself obeys , Hopeless B 2 Prologue by Laberius.
... our Author's earliest works , " The Present State of Learning in Europe , " 12mo . 1759 ; but was omitted in the second edition , which appeared in 1774 . Him I obey , whom Heaven itself obeys , Hopeless B 2 Prologue by Laberius.
Pagina 11
... learning light ; Such as to modern bard's decreed ; A just comparison , -proceed . In the next place , his feet peruse , Wings grow again from both his shoes ; Design'd , no doubt , their part to bear , And waft his godship through the ...
... learning light ; Such as to modern bard's decreed ; A just comparison , -proceed . In the next place , his feet peruse , Wings grow again from both his shoes ; Design'd , no doubt , their part to bear , And waft his godship through the ...
Pagina 18
... learning for communications of a much more im- portant nature . I am , Sir , Yours , & c . OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Note . On the subject of the preceding letter , the reader is desired to consult " The Life of Dr. Goldsmith , " under the ...
... learning for communications of a much more im- portant nature . I am , Sir , Yours , & c . OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Note . On the subject of the preceding letter , the reader is desired to consult " The Life of Dr. Goldsmith , " under the ...
Pagina 68
... learning was in fault ; The village all declar'd how much he knew , " Twas certain he could write , and cypher too ; Lands he could measure , terms and tides presage , And e'en the story ran that he could guage : In arguing too , the ...
... learning was in fault ; The village all declar'd how much he knew , " Twas certain he could write , and cypher too ; Lands he could measure , terms and tides presage , And e'en the story ran that he could guage : In arguing too , the ...
Pagina 96
... learning ; - At least , it's your temper , as very well known , That you think very slightly of all that's your own : So , perhaps , in your habits of thinking amiss , You may make a mistake , and think slightly of this . FROM THE ...
... learning ; - At least , it's your temper , as very well known , That you think very slightly of all that's your own : So , perhaps , in your habits of thinking amiss , You may make a mistake , and think slightly of this . FROM THE ...
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aunt BAILIFF bar-maid battle of Belgrade believe blessing breast BULKLEY CHALDEAN Charles Marlow charms daughter David Garrick dear DIGGORY e'en Ecod Enter Miss Epilogue Exeunt Exit eyes father favour fear fellow folly fool forgive fortune friendship GARNET girl give GOLDSMITH good-natur'd hand happiness HASTINGS hear heart Heaven honour hope horses hour humour impudence JARVIS jewels keep lady laugh leave LEONTINE letter LOFTY look Lord Madam maid MARLOW married mean mind Miss CATLEY Miss HARDCASTLE Miss NEVILLE Miss RICHLAND modest never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH OLIVIA pardon passion pleasure poor POSTBOY Pray pretty pride PROPHET pruin scarce scene SERVANT shew Sir CHARLES Sir William Honeywood smiling soul stept STOOPS TO CONQUER sure sweet SWEET AUBURN talk tell thee there's thing thou TONY undone wretch Zounds
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Pagina 113 - 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...
Pagina 73 - Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn; Now lost to all — her friends, her virtue fled — Near her betrayer's door she lays her head...
Pagina 70 - To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested...
Pagina 45 - That first excites desire, and then supplies. Unknown to them, when sensual pleasures cloy, To fill the languid pause with finer joy; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, \ Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame : Their level life is but a...
Pagina 65 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But. all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Pagina 66 - Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Pagina 49 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Pagina 71 - 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. Proud swells...
Pagina 38 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his fo6d, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Pagina 107 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade f Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...