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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... obliged to take his character from such as knew but little of him , or who , perhaps , could have given very little informa- tion if they had known more . Parnell , by what I have been able to collect from my father and uncle , who knew ...
... obliged to take his character from such as knew but little of him , or who , perhaps , could have given very little informa- tion if they had known more . Parnell , by what I have been able to collect from my father and uncle , who knew ...
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... obliged to him upon another account ; for , being always poor , he was not above receiving from Parnell the copy - money which the latter got for his writings . Several , of their letters , now before me , are proofs of this ; and as ...
... obliged to him upon another account ; for , being always poor , he was not above receiving from Parnell the copy - money which the latter got for his writings . Several , of their letters , now before me , are proofs of this ; and as ...
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... obliged and • Affectionate friend and Faithful servant , • A. POPE . My hearty service to the Dean , Dr. Arbuthnot , Mr. Ford , and the true genuine shepherd , J. Gay , of Devon . I expect him down with you . ' We may easily perceive by ...
... obliged and • Affectionate friend and Faithful servant , • A. POPE . My hearty service to the Dean , Dr. Arbuthnot , Mr. Ford , and the true genuine shepherd , J. Gay , of Devon . I expect him down with you . ' We may easily perceive by ...
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... Obliged friend and servant , ' A. POPE . ' From these letters to Parnell , we may conclude , as far as their testimony can go , that he was an agree- able , a generous , and a sincere man . Indeed , he took care that his friends should ...
... Obliged friend and servant , ' A. POPE . ' From these letters to Parnell , we may conclude , as far as their testimony can go , that he was an agree- able , a generous , and a sincere man . Indeed , he took care that his friends should ...
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... obliged to retire , and take a cold supper that was sent out to him , while the rest were feasting within . However , at last they took compassion on him ; and upon his promising never to chuse the best bed again , they permitted him to ...
... obliged to retire , and take a cold supper that was sent out to him , while the rest were feasting within . However , at last they took compassion on him ; and upon his promising never to chuse the best bed again , they permitted him to ...
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437. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - ... 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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. oldal - ... 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. oldal - 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. oldal - 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.