The poems and plays of Oliver GoldsmithIra Bradley & Company, 1818 - 254 страница |
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... ; Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content : Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . · Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails ; And THE TRAVELLER . 7.
... ; Wealth , commerce , honour , liberty , content : Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . · Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails ; And THE TRAVELLER . 7.
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Oliver Goldsmith. Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails : Hence every state , to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone : Each to the favourite ...
Oliver Goldsmith. Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails : Hence every state , to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone : Each to the favourite ...
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... honour forms the social temper here : Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or even imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand , It shifts , in splendid traffic , round the land : From courts to camps ...
... honour forms the social temper here : Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or even imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand , It shifts , in splendid traffic , round the land : From courts to camps ...
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... honour , fail to sway , Fictitious bonds - the bonds of wealth and law- Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe . Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come , when ...
... honour , fail to sway , Fictitious bonds - the bonds of wealth and law- Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe . Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come , when ...
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... honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers ...
... honour in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers ...
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assure aunt Bail bar-maid battle of Belgrade believe Bless Charles Marlow charms child Constance daughter David Garrick dress Ecod Enter Miss Exeunt Exit eyes face father favour fear fellow folly fool fortune friendship Garnet gentleman girl give hand happiness Hast hear heart Heaven honour hope horses hour humour impudence Jarvis jewels keep lady laugh leave Leon Leontine letter look Lord madam maid Marlow married mean mind Miss Cat Miss Hard Miss Hardcastle Miss Nev Miss Neville Miss Rich Miss Richland modest never night Oliv OLIVER GOLDSMITH Olivia on't pardon passion pleasure poor Pray pretty pride scarce scene servants Sir Char Sir Wil Sir William Honeywood smiling soul squire STOOPS TO CONQUER sure talk tell there's thing thou Tony undone what's wish young Zounds
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Страница 21 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Страница 26 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place : Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray.
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Страница 29 - The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds...
Страница 29 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Страница 34 - Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Страница 38 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn, Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, Pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares arc wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Страница 28 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair, To sweet oblivion of his daily care ; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...