The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith..J. Johnson; W.J. and J. Richardson; W. Otridge and Son; F. and C. Rivington; J. Walker; W. Lowndes; Vernor and Hood; Cuthell and Martin; F. Wingrave; Scatcherd and Letterman; Wilkie and Robinson; R. Lea; Darton and Harvey; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; and J. Matthews., 1806 |
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... seems to regret his absence more than any of the rest . < A letter from him follows thus : 6 DEAR SIR , London , July 29 . I ' I WISH it were not as ungenerous as vain to com . plain too much of a man that forgets me , but I could ...
... seems to regret his absence more than any of the rest . < A letter from him follows thus : 6 DEAR SIR , London , July 29 . I ' I WISH it were not as ungenerous as vain to com . plain too much of a man that forgets me , but I could ...
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... seem , by the first paragraph of the dedication to it , to de sign to prefix the name of some particular person . I beg therefore to know for whom you intend it , that the publication may not be delayed on this ac- 6 count , 6 · count ...
... seem , by the first paragraph of the dedication to it , to de sign to prefix the name of some particular person . I beg therefore to know for whom you intend it , that the publication may not be delayed on this ac- 6 count , 6 · count ...
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... seems to condemn in one place , he very much applauds in another . In one of the let- ters from him to Parnell , above mentioned , he treats the Life of Homer with much greater respect , and seems to say , that the prose is excellent in ...
... seems to condemn in one place , he very much applauds in another . In one of the let- ters from him to Parnell , above mentioned , he treats the Life of Homer with much greater respect , and seems to say , that the prose is excellent in ...
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... seems to have more spirit than the original ; but it is extraordinary that it was published as an original and not as a translation . Pope should have acknow- ledged it ; as he knew . The Fairy Tale is incontestably one of the finest ...
... seems to have more spirit than the original ; but it is extraordinary that it was published as an original and not as a translation . Pope should have acknow- ledged it ; as he knew . The Fairy Tale is incontestably one of the finest ...
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... seem to croak for their transportation to England , and are sensible how much that Doctor is ' cursed and hated , who introduced their species into your nation ; therefore , as you dread the wrath of St. Patrick , send them hither , and ...
... seem to croak for their transportation to England , and are sensible how much that Doctor is ' cursed and hated , who introduced their species into your nation ; therefore , as you dread the wrath of St. Patrick , send them hither , and ...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith– With an Account of His ..., 4 tomas Oliver Goldsmith Visos knygos peržiūra - 1825 |
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acquainted admiration Æneid amusement ancient appeared Asem attempts beauty Bolingbroke Broom of Cowdenknows called character Comedy dæmon David Rizzio death eloquence employed endeavoured England English entertainment ESSAY excellent expression eyes fame favour follies fond fortune friends genius gentleman give hand happiness heart Homer honour humour Iliad imagination imitation improve kind king labour lady language learning lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lysippus MAC FLECKNOE mankind manner means ment merit mind Nature neral never object obliged observed once Parnell party passion perceive Pergolese perhaps pleasing pleasure poem poet Poetry political Pope possessed praise present Pretender Quintilian racter reader reputation ridiculous says scarcely Scotland seems serve shew society soon spondee taste Theophrastus Thespis thing THOMAS PARNELL thought tion tory trifling truth ture Virgil virtue whigs whole word writer
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437 psl. - O then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
420 psl. - No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
420 psl. - For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?
420 psl. - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep...
206 psl. - ... of its web, and taking no sustenance that I could perceive. At last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute weave a new net...
427 psl. - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
428 psl. - O vale of bliss! O softly swelling hills! On which the power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil.
67 psl. - ... beans and bacon, and a barn-door fowl. " Now his lordship is run after his cart, I have a moment left to myself to tell you, that I overheard him yesterday agree with a painter for two hundred pounds, to paint his country hall with trophies of rakes, spades, prongs, &c., and other ornaments, merely to countenance his calling this place a farm.
21 psl. - He appears to me to be the last of that great school that had modelled itself upon the ancients, and taught English poetry to resemble what the generality of mankind have allowed to excel. A studious and correct observer of antiquity, he set himself to consider nature with the lights it lent him ; and he found that the more aid he borrowed from the one, the more delightfully he resembled the other.
394 psl. - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.