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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Strana 4
... passions only affected himself , and never those about him : he knew the ridicule of his own character , and very effectually raised the mirth of his companions , as well at his vexations as at his triumphs . How much his company was ...
... passions only affected himself , and never those about him : he knew the ridicule of his own character , and very effectually raised the mirth of his companions , as well at his vexations as at his triumphs . How much his company was ...
Strana 23
... passion , but are not excellent in their kind . The Anacreontic , beginning with , " When Spring came on with fresh delight , " is taken from a French poet whose name I forget , and , as far as I am able to judge of the French language ...
... passion , but are not excellent in their kind . The Anacreontic , beginning with , " When Spring came on with fresh delight , " is taken from a French poet whose name I forget , and , as far as I am able to judge of the French language ...
Strana 34
... passions with “ which I was transported , yet some calmer hours " there were , and in them I hearkened to him . " These sacred admonitions were indeed very few , since his excesses are remembered to this very day . I have spoken to an ...
... passions with “ which I was transported , yet some calmer hours " there were , and in them I hearkened to him . " These sacred admonitions were indeed very few , since his excesses are remembered to this very day . I have spoken to an ...
Strana 51
... passions , they made no doubt of subverting a go- vernment with which they were angry , and gave as great an alarm , as would have been imprudent at the eve of a general insurrection . Such was the state of things when Bolingbroke ar ...
... passions , they made no doubt of subverting a go- vernment with which they were angry , and gave as great an alarm , as would have been imprudent at the eve of a general insurrection . Such was the state of things when Bolingbroke ar ...
Strana 67
... passion for soli- tude , and supposed that to be the child of philoso- phy , which was only the effect of spleen : it was in vain that he attempted to take root in the shade of obscurity ; he was originally bred in the glare of public ...
... passion for soli- tude , and supposed that to be the child of philoso- phy , which was only the effect of spleen : it was in vain that he attempted to take root in the shade of obscurity ; he was originally bred in the glare of public ...
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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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Strana 437 - 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...
Strana 420 - 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...
Strana 420 - 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?
Strana 420 - 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...
Strana 206 - ... 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...
Strana 427 - 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...
Strana 428 - O vale of bliss! O softly swelling hills! On which the power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil.
Strana 67 - ... 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.
Strana 21 - 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.
Strana 394 - 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.