The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: The bee. Essays. An enquiry into the present state of polite learning in Europe. Prefaces and introductionsJohn Murray, Albemarle Street, 1837 |
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... kind , we deem inesti- mable . Cicero observes , that we behold with transport and enthusiasm the little barren spot , or ruins of a house , in which a person celebrated for his wisdom , his valour , or his learning , lived . When he ...
... kind , we deem inesti- mable . Cicero observes , that we behold with transport and enthusiasm the little barren spot , or ruins of a house , in which a person celebrated for his wisdom , his valour , or his learning , lived . When he ...
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... kind of a fellow , and desire no more of his acquaintance . It is with such reflections as these I endeavour to fortify myself against the future contempt or neglect of some readers , and am prepared for their dislike by mutual recri ...
... kind of a fellow , and desire no more of his acquaintance . It is with such reflections as these I endeavour to fortify myself against the future contempt or neglect of some readers , and am prepared for their dislike by mutual recri ...
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... kind divide our attention , and lessen our sensibility ; but here it is entirely ridiculous , as we see them seriously employed in doing nothing . If we must have dirty - shirted guards upon the theatres , they should be taught to keep ...
... kind divide our attention , and lessen our sensibility ; but here it is entirely ridiculous , as we see them seriously employed in doing nothing . If we must have dirty - shirted guards upon the theatres , they should be taught to keep ...
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... kind language was what they had by no means been used to . It was proper to speak to them in the tones of anger , and sometimes it was even necessary to use blows , to excite them to their duty . How different these from the common ...
... kind language was what they had by no means been used to . It was proper to speak to them in the tones of anger , and sometimes it was even necessary to use blows , to excite them to their duty . How different these from the common ...
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... in the same manner . A lady of no quality travels fast behind the lady of some quality ; and a woman ( 1 ) [ A kind of loose dress for ladies , not now in use . ] of sixty is as gaudy as her grand - daughter ON DRESS . 23.
... in the same manner . A lady of no quality travels fast behind the lady of some quality ; and a woman ( 1 ) [ A kind of loose dress for ladies , not now in use . ] of sixty is as gaudy as her grand - daughter ON DRESS . 23.
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acquainted admiration Æneid amusement ancient appearance Asem beauty Broom of Cowdenknows called character Cicero comedy continued dæmon David Rizzio Demetrius Phalereus distress dress eloquence endeavour enemy England English entertainment ESSAY Europe excellence expected eyes Falstaff fame fancy favour folly fond fortune France French friends friendship genius gentleman give happiness honour humour imagination imitation improvement Italy king king of Prussia labours lady language learning liberty lived Lysippus mankind manner Maupertuis means ment merit Metastasio mind nation nature never obliged observed occasion once orator passion perceived perhaps philosopher Planxty pleasing pleasure poet poetry polite possessed praise present proper quæ racter reader ridiculous says scarcely seemed seldom sense shew society spondees taste Theophilus Cibber Thespis thing thought tion truth Virgil virtue Voltaire vulgar whole word writer
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Страница xi - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor...
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Страница 298 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despis'd 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...
Страница 272 - 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. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Страница 40 - ... the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
Страница 290 - ... mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love and praise. O how shall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare That glows within my ravish'd heart? But Thou canst read it there. Thy Providence my life sustain'd, And all my wants redrest; When in the silent womb I lay, And hung upon the breast.
Страница 227 - Thee, too, my Paridel ! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair, And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness.
Страница 438 - The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it.