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His finances were so low on his return to England , that he with difficulty got to the metropolis , his whole ftock of cash amounting to no more than a few halfpence ! An entire ftranger in London , his mind was filled with the most ...
His finances were so low on his return to England , that he with difficulty got to the metropolis , his whole ftock of cash amounting to no more than a few halfpence ! An entire ftranger in London , his mind was filled with the most ...
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But as a part of this Poem was formerly written to you from Switzerland , the whole can now , with propriety , be only infcribed to you . It will also throw a light upon many parts of it , when the reader understands , that it is ...
But as a part of this Poem was formerly written to you from Switzerland , the whole can now , with propriety , be only infcribed to you . It will also throw a light upon many parts of it , when the reader understands , that it is ...
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Sweet smiling village , loveliest of the lawn , 35 Thy sports are fled , and all thy charins withdrawn ; Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen , And desolation faddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And ...
Sweet smiling village , loveliest of the lawn , 35 Thy sports are fled , and all thy charins withdrawn ; Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen , And desolation faddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And ...
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His house was known to all the vagrant train , He chid their wand'rings , but reliev'd their pain , 150 The long remember'd beggar was his guest , Whole beard descending swept his aged breast ; 3 3 The ruin'd spendthrift , now no longer ...
His house was known to all the vagrant train , He chid their wand'rings , but reliev'd their pain , 150 The long remember'd beggar was his guest , Whole beard descending swept his aged breast ; 3 3 The ruin'd spendthrift , now no longer ...
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... has not only banished humour ard Moliere from the stage , but it has banished all spectators his closet ; Upon the whole , the author returns his thanks to 100 . ( 83 )
... has not only banished humour ard Moliere from the stage , but it has banished all spectators his closet ; Upon the whole , the author returns his thanks to 100 . ( 83 )
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| Title | Poems and Plays |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Messrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 274 pages |
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