Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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Page iii
... fortune , deter- mined to see the world ; and , on his engaging with his preceptor , made a provifo , that he should be permitted to govern himself ; and our traveller foon found his pu- pil underflood the art of directing in money ...
... fortune , deter- mined to see the world ; and , on his engaging with his preceptor , made a provifo , that he should be permitted to govern himself ; and our traveller foon found his pu- pil underflood the art of directing in money ...
Page v
... FORTUNE now seemed to take fome notice of a man ' she had long neglected . The fimplicity of his character , the integrity of his heart , and the merit of his producti- ons , made his company very acceptable to a number of refpectable ...
... FORTUNE now seemed to take fome notice of a man ' she had long neglected . The fimplicity of his character , the integrity of his heart , and the merit of his producti- ons , made his company very acceptable to a number of refpectable ...
Page viii
... fince been raised by his friends , to defray the expence of a marble monument which is now executed by Mr. Nollikens , an eminent Statuary in for he who had the good fortune to be reproved viii THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... fince been raised by his friends , to defray the expence of a marble monument which is now executed by Mr. Nollikens , an eminent Statuary in for he who had the good fortune to be reproved viii THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
Page ix
Oliver Goldsmith. for he who had the good fortune to be reproved was cer- tain of being rewarded for it . His difappointments at other times , made him peevish and fullen , and he has often left a party of convivial friends abruptly in ...
Oliver Goldsmith. for he who had the good fortune to be reproved was cer- tain of being rewarded for it . His difappointments at other times , made him peevish and fullen , and he has often left a party of convivial friends abruptly in ...
Page 15
... fortune brings , " Are trifling and decay ; 65 70 " And those who prize the paltry things , " More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows wealth or fame ...
... fortune brings , " Are trifling and decay ; 65 70 " And those who prize the paltry things , " More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows wealth or fame ...
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