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Page xxii
... beauty of the details , are shocked by one unpardonable fault which pervades the whole . The fault which we mean , is not that theory about wealth and luxury which has so often been censured by political economists . The theory is ...
... beauty of the details , are shocked by one unpardonable fault which pervades the whole . The fault which we mean , is not that theory about wealth and luxury which has so often been censured by political economists . The theory is ...
Page lxix
... beauty of his composition con- sists in a clear , copious , and expressive style Goldsmith's last work was his poem called Retaliation , which the historian of his life says was written for his own amusement , and that of his friends ...
... beauty of his composition con- sists in a clear , copious , and expressive style Goldsmith's last work was his poem called Retaliation , which the historian of his life says was written for his own amusement , and that of his friends ...
Page lxx
... beauty , his colours he spread , And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red . On the stage he was natural , simple , affecting ; " Twas only that , when he was off , he was acting . With no reason on earth to go out of his way , He ...
... beauty , his colours he spread , And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red . On the stage he was natural , simple , affecting ; " Twas only that , when he was off , he was acting . With no reason on earth to go out of his way , He ...
Page 12
... beauty groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor , luxurious ; though submissive , vain ; Though grave , yet trifling ; zealous , yet untrue ...
... beauty groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor , luxurious ; though submissive , vain ; Though grave , yet trifling ; zealous , yet untrue ...
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... beauty of the women ; here love might sport among painted lawns and warbling groves , and carol upon gales wafting at once both fragrance and harmony . ' Thine , Freedom , thine the blessings pictur'd here , 20 THE POEMS.
... beauty of the women ; here love might sport among painted lawns and warbling groves , and carol upon gales wafting at once both fragrance and harmony . ' Thine , Freedom , thine the blessings pictur'd here , 20 THE POEMS.
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