The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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Page v
... little doubt that he mainly lived abroad on the scanty pittance that he earned by playing the flute at inns on the road . He is reported to have taken the degree of M.D. at Padua , and to have engaged in scholastic disputations at more ...
... little doubt that he mainly lived abroad on the scanty pittance that he earned by playing the flute at inns on the road . He is reported to have taken the degree of M.D. at Padua , and to have engaged in scholastic disputations at more ...
Page viii
... little more than pleasant rhetoric in facile rhyme . Of Goldsmith's two comedies , the earlier piece , The Good- Natur'd Man , was produced by George Colman at Covent Garden Theatre , with a prologue by Dr. Johnson , on January 29 ...
... little more than pleasant rhetoric in facile rhyme . Of Goldsmith's two comedies , the earlier piece , The Good- Natur'd Man , was produced by George Colman at Covent Garden Theatre , with a prologue by Dr. Johnson , on January 29 ...
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... little things are great to little man ; And wiser he , whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind . Ye glitt'ring towns , with wealth and splendour crown'd , Ye fields , where summer spreads profusion round , Ye lakes ...
... little things are great to little man ; And wiser he , whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind . Ye glitt'ring towns , with wealth and splendour crown'd , Ye fields , where summer spreads profusion round , Ye lakes ...
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... little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal , To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm , and bred in ignorance and toil ...
... little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed ; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal , To make him loathe his vegetable meal ; But calm , and bred in ignorance and toil ...
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... little room , 70 Those healthful sports that grac'd the peaceful scene , Liv'd in each look , and brighten'd all the green ; These , far departing , seek a kinder shore , And rural mirth and manners are no more . Sweet Auburn ! parent ...
... little room , 70 Those healthful sports that grac'd the peaceful scene , Liv'd in each look , and brighten'd all the green ; These , far departing , seek a kinder shore , And rural mirth and manners are no more . Sweet Auburn ! parent ...
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