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Page lxxiv
... his affections were social and generous , and when he had money he gave it
away very liberally . His desire of imaginary consequence predominated over his
attention to truth . When he began to rise into Ixxiv ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH
.
... his affections were social and generous , and when he had money he gave it
away very liberally . His desire of imaginary consequence predominated over his
attention to truth . When he began to rise into Ixxiv ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH
.
Page lxxv
When he began to rise into notice , he said he had a brother who was Dean of
Durham ; a fiction so easily detected , that it is wonderful how he should have
been so inconsiderate as to hazard it . He boasted to me at this time of the power
of ...
When he began to rise into notice , he said he had a brother who was Dean of
Durham ; a fiction so easily detected , that it is wonderful how he should have
been so inconsiderate as to hazard it . He boasted to me at this time of the power
of ...
Page 9
As some lone miser , visiting his store , Bends at his treasure , counts , recounts it
o ' er ; Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill , Yet still he sighs , for hoards are
wanting still : Thus to my breast alternate passions rise , [ plies : Pleas ' d with ...
As some lone miser , visiting his store , Bends at his treasure , counts , recounts it
o ' er ; Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill , Yet still he sighs , for hoards are
wanting still : Thus to my breast alternate passions rise , [ plies : Pleas ' d with ...
Page 12
Whatever fruits in different climes are found , That proudly rise , or humbly court
the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear , Whose bright succession
decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives
...
Whatever fruits in different climes are found , That proudly rise , or humbly court
the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear , Whose bright succession
decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives
...
Page 15
Thus every good his native wilds impart , Imprints the patriot passion on his heart
; And ev ' n those ills , that round his mansion rise , Enhance the bliss his scanty
fund supplies . Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill ...
Thus every good his native wilds impart , Imprints the patriot passion on his heart
; And ev ' n those ills , that round his mansion rise , Enhance the bliss his scanty
fund supplies . Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms , And dear that hill ...
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| Title | Poetical Works |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 1862 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 mär. 2009 |
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