The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs , not far remov'd the date , When commerce proudly flourish'd through the state ; At her command the palace learn'd to rise , Again the long - fall'n column sought the skies ; The canvas glow'd ...
... leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs , not far remov'd the date , When commerce proudly flourish'd through the state ; At her command the palace learn'd to rise , Again the long - fall'n column sought the skies ; The canvas glow'd ...
Page 17
... Leave reason , faith , and conscience , all our own . [ 1 Johnson wrote these last lines , the penultimate couplet ex- cepted . ( Boswell , ut supra . ) ] [ George ( not Luke ) Dosa , a Hungarian patriot , suffered in 1514 the penalty ...
... Leave reason , faith , and conscience , all our own . [ 1 Johnson wrote these last lines , the penultimate couplet ex- cepted . ( Boswell , ut supra . ) ] [ George ( not Luke ) Dosa , a Hungarian patriot , suffered in 1514 the penalty ...
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... leave the land . Ill fares the land , to hastening ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry , their ...
... leave the land . Ill fares the land , to hastening ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish , or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry , their ...
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... leaves the storm , Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head.1 Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way , With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay , There , in his noisy mansion ...
... leaves the storm , Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head.1 Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way , With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay , There , in his noisy mansion ...
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... leaves our useful products still the same . Not so the loss . 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 ; The ...
... leaves our useful products still the same . Not so the loss . 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 ; The ...
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