The Poetical Works, Том 31Bell & Daldy, 1866 - 185 страница |
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... Goldsmith ; the elegance of whose narrative , and the justice of whose criti- cisms has been long acknowledged ; but the facts which he collected were so few , that Dr. Johnson , who went to Goldsmith's life for information , has ...
... Goldsmith ; the elegance of whose narrative , and the justice of whose criti- cisms has been long acknowledged ; but the facts which he collected were so few , that Dr. Johnson , who went to Goldsmith's life for information , has ...
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... Goldsmith says , is in- creased by time , it is then too late to investigate the peculiarities of his disposition ; the dews of the morning are past , and we vainly try to continue the chase by the meridian splendour . " Thomas Parnell ...
... Goldsmith says , is in- creased by time , it is then too late to investigate the peculiarities of his disposition ; the dews of the morning are past , and we vainly try to continue the chase by the meridian splendour . " Thomas Parnell ...
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... Goldsmith says , that his admission at the age of thirteen into the college at Dublin is a proof of the early maturity of his understanding . His compositions shew the extent and solidity of his classical knowledge . He took the degree ...
... Goldsmith says , that his admission at the age of thirteen into the college at Dublin is a proof of the early maturity of his understanding . His compositions shew the extent and solidity of his classical knowledge . He took the degree ...
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... Goldsmith's narrative some account of his mental qualities and habits , for which the biographer was indebted to the information of his father and uncle : while I just mention , that if the account given is correct , the poems of ...
... Goldsmith's narrative some account of his mental qualities and habits , for which the biographer was indebted to the information of his father and uncle : while I just mention , that if the account given is correct , the poems of ...
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... Goldsmith observes , was obliged to him on another account ; for being al- ways poor , he was not above receiving from Par- nell the copy - money which the latter got for his writings . I Warton , vol . viii . p . 301 --- 313 , vii ...
... Goldsmith observes , was obliged to him on another account ; for being al- ways poor , he was not above receiving from Par- nell the copy - money which the latter got for his writings . I Warton , vol . viii . p . 301 --- 313 , vii ...
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ancient appear Arbuthnot Aristophanes Armoric King Bacchus beauty beneath breath bright Callimachus charms Comus Cras amet cried critic death delight envy eyes fair fame fancy fate flies flowers frogs genius gentle give glory gods Goldsmith grace grave green grove hand head heart Hesiod Homer honour Iliad Ipsa Jove king learning Let those love light Lord Bolingbroke Lord Treasurer Lycophron manner mice mind mouse Muse nature never lov'd numquam amavit Nymphs o'er Ovid Parnell Parnell's pass'd plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poet's poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise quique amavit racter rise rising song round sacred says Scriblerus Club seem'd shade shine silent sing Sir John Parnell smile soft song soul speak sweet Swift thee thine thing Thomas Parnell thou thought tion translation trembling truth Twas vale verses write young youth Zoilus
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Страница 73 - Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide the hair, Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own. CANTO II. NOT with more glories, in th...
Страница 108 - Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And loose from dross the silver runs below.
Страница 100 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave .his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Страница 93 - ... breathe The lake is smooth and clear beneath, Where once again the spangled show Descends to meet our eyes below. The grounds which on the right aspire, In dimness from the view retire : The left presents a place of graves, Whose wall the silent water laves. That steeple guides thy doubtful sight Among the livid gleams of night. There pass, with melancholy state. By all the solemn heaps of fate, And think, as softly-sad you tread Above the venerable dead, ' Time was, like thee they life possest,...
Страница 61 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Страница 98 - Go rule thy will, Bid thy wild passions all be still, Know God — and bring thy heart to know The joys which from religion flow : Then every Grace shall prove its guest, And I'll be there to crown the rest.
Страница 32 - Thus some are born, my son,' she cries, ' With base impediments to rise, And some are born with none. ' But virtue can itself advance To what the favourite fools of chance By fortune seem'd design'd ; Virtue can gain the odds of fate, And from itself shake off the weight Upon th
Страница 105 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part; From him you come, from him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Страница 72 - And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Страница 72 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace. And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.