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Page lxxxv
... desire to be meanly thought of by all . ' ' Poor Goldsmith was to him indeed like the earthen pot to the iron one in Fontaine's Fables : it had been better for him , perhaps , that they had changed companions oftener , yet no experience ...
... desire to be meanly thought of by all . ' ' Poor Goldsmith was to him indeed like the earthen pot to the iron one in Fontaine's Fables : it had been better for him , perhaps , that they had changed companions oftener , yet no experience ...
Page xcii
... desire of finding money for a masque . rade , drove Oliver Goldsmith upon abridging history and turning Buffon into English , yet I much doubt if , without that spur , he would ever have put his Pegasus into action ; no , if he had been ...
... desire of finding money for a masque . rade , drove Oliver Goldsmith upon abridging history and turning Buffon into English , yet I much doubt if , without that spur , he would ever have put his Pegasus into action ; no , if he had been ...
Page 16
... desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when sensual pleasures cloy , To fill the languid pause with finer joy ; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame , Catch every nerve , and vibrate through the frame . Their level ...
... desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when sensual pleasures cloy , To fill the languid pause with finer joy ; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame , Catch every nerve , and vibrate through the frame . Their level ...
Page 22
... desire ; And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble's rage , and tyrant's angry steel ; Thou transitory flower , alike undone By proud contempt , or favour's fostering sun , Still may thy blooms the changeful clime endure ...
... desire ; And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble's rage , and tyrant's angry steel ; Thou transitory flower , alike undone By proud contempt , or favour's fostering sun , Still may thy blooms the changeful clime endure ...
Page 36
... desires that ask'd but little room , Those healthful sports that grac'd the peaceful scene , Liv'd in each look ... desires ] Gentle thoughts and calm desires ! ' - Carew's Poems , p . 22 . I still had hopes my latest hours to crown , 36 ...
... desires that ask'd but little room , Those healthful sports that grac'd the peaceful scene , Liv'd in each look ... desires ] Gentle thoughts and calm desires ! ' - Carew's Poems , p . 22 . I still had hopes my latest hours to crown , 36 ...
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