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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... seen ! " Both the old and the new materials are accompanied with brief notes , clearing up the local and temporary allusions in which they abound ; but which the lapse of another genera- tion would probably have rendered it impossible ...
... seen ! " Both the old and the new materials are accompanied with brief notes , clearing up the local and temporary allusions in which they abound ; but which the lapse of another genera- tion would probably have rendered it impossible ...
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... seen dunces triumph in such companies , when men of real humour were disregarded , by a general combination in favour of stu- pidity . To drive the observation as far as it will go , should the labours of a writer who designs his ...
... seen dunces triumph in such companies , when men of real humour were disregarded , by a general combination in favour of stu- pidity . To drive the observation as far as it will go , should the labours of a writer who designs his ...
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... seen through upon a first acquaintance : such are the proper models to draw from ; they are at once striking , and are found in great abundance . Though it would be inexcusable in a comedian to add THE BEE . 9 Remarks on our Theatres.
... seen through upon a first acquaintance : such are the proper models to draw from ; they are at once striking , and are found in great abundance . Though it would be inexcusable in a comedian to add THE BEE . 9 Remarks on our Theatres.
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... seen others still preserve a great fund of humour in the face without a mask ; one actor , particularly , by a squint which he threw into some characters of low life , assumed a look of infinite stolidity . This , though upon reflection ...
... seen others still preserve a great fund of humour in the face without a mask ; one actor , particularly , by a squint which he threw into some characters of low life , assumed a look of infinite stolidity . This , though upon reflection ...
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... seen a woman travel thus on horseback before us for thirty miles , and think herself highly paid , and make twenty reve- rences , upon receiving , with ecstasy , about two - pence for her trouble . In general , we were better served by ...
... seen a woman travel thus on horseback before us for thirty miles , and think herself highly paid , and make twenty reve- rences , upon receiving , with ecstasy , about two - pence for her trouble . In general , we were better served by ...
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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 298 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn 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...
Страница 305 - 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...
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...
Страница 321 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
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.