 ... but a few hours past walked before me, where she kept up the pageant, and now, like a froward child, seems hushed with her own importunities. What a gloom hangs all around ! the dying lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam ; no sound is heard but of the...  Essays and The Bee - Page 110by Oliver Goldsmith - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 338 pages
...feebly emits a yellow gleam ; no sound is heard, but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog ; all the bustle of human pride is forgotten : an hour like this may well display tbs emptiness of human vanity. There will come a time, when this temporary solitude may be m»de continual,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 522 pages
...emits a yellow gleam, no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All ac 2 the bustle of human pride is forgotten, an hour like this may well display the emptiness of humanvanity. There will come a time when this temporary solitude may be made continual, and the city... | |
 | 1818 - 596 pages
...feebly emits a yellow gleam; nosonnrl is heard, but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog; all the bustle of human pride is forgotten: an hour...of human vanity. There will come a time, when this tempowry solitude may be made continual, and the city itself, like its inhabitants, fade away, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 706 pages
...feebly emits a yellow gleam ; no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All the bustle of human • pride is forgotten, an...will come a time when this temporary solitude may he made continual, and the city itself, like its inhabitants, fade away, and leave a desert in its... | |
 | 1821 - 384 pages
...feebly emits a yellow gleam; no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All the bustle of human pride is forgotten : an hour...like its inhabitants, fade away, and leave a desert tn its room. What cities as great as this have once trinmphed in existence, had their victories as... | |
 | 1834 - 430 pages
...lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam ; no sound is heaid of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All the bustle of human pride is forgotten ; an hour...its room. What cities, as grea.t as this, have once triuiyiphed in existence, had their victories as great, joy as just and unbounded, and, with short... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...gleam ; no sound is dinning clock, or the distant watch-dog. human pride is forgotten : an hour like display the emptiness of human vanity. There will come a time, when this tern may be made continual, and the city itself, tants, fade away, and leave a desert in its roc What... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...feebly emits a yellow gleam; no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. served to mortify me ; I had desired my girls the...be dressed early the next day ; for I always loved ami leave a desert in its room. What cities, as great as this, have once triumphed in existence, had... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 pages
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 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...feebly emits a yellow gleam ; no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All the bustle of human pride is forgotten : an hour...There will come a time, when this temporary solitude maybe made continual, and the city itself, like ita inhabitants, fade away, and leave a desert in its... | |
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