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... in his peremptory manner , contradicted him , and pronounced that there were
not forty good lines to be found in the whole play ; adding , Pooh ! what stuff are
these lines : • What feminine tales hast thou been listening to , of unaired shirts ...
... in his peremptory manner , contradicted him , and pronounced that there were
not forty good lines to be found in the whole play ; adding , Pooh ! what stuff are
these lines : • What feminine tales hast thou been listening to , of unaired shirts ...
Page 22
Yet think not , thus when freedom ' s ills I state , 17 I mean to flatter kings , or court
the great : Ye powers of truth , that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive
the low desire ; And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble ' s rage ...
Yet think not , thus when freedom ' s ills I state , 17 I mean to flatter kings , or court
the great : Ye powers of truth , that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive
the low desire ; And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble ' s rage ...
Page 40
For thou e ' en sin didst in such words array , That some who came bad parts ,
went out good play . ' The service past , around the pious man , With. Jasp .
Mayne to the Mem . of B . Jonson . v . Nicholls ' Col . Poems , i . p . 256 . 12 • Too
much ...
For thou e ' en sin didst in such words array , That some who came bad parts ,
went out good play . ' The service past , around the pious man , With. Jasp .
Mayne to the Mem . of B . Jonson . v . Nicholls ' Col . Poems , i . p . 256 . 12 • Too
much ...
Page 50
O Luxury ! thou curst by Heaven ' s decree , How ill exchang ' d are things like
these for thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy , Diffuse their pleasures
only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee , to sickly greatness grown , Boast of a florid
vigour ...
O Luxury ! thou curst by Heaven ' s decree , How ill exchang ' d are things like
these for thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy , Diffuse their pleasures
only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee , to sickly greatness grown , Boast of a florid
vigour ...
Page 51
And thou , sweet Poetry , thou loveliest maid , Still first to fly where sensual joys
invade ; Unfit , in these degenerate times of shame , To catch the heart , or strike
for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph , neglected and decried , My shame in ...
And thou , sweet Poetry , thou loveliest maid , Still first to fly where sensual joys
invade ; Unfit , in these degenerate times of shame , To catch the heart , or strike
for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph , neglected and decried , My shame in ...
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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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