The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and WritingsT. Heptinstall, 1796 - 141 sidor |
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... piece as too low for their entertainment , and therefore treated them with unjustifiable severity . Nevertheless the Good - na- tured Man succeeded , though in a degree inferior to its merit . The prologue to it , which is excel- lent ...
... piece as too low for their entertainment , and therefore treated them with unjustifiable severity . Nevertheless the Good - na- tured Man succeeded , though in a degree inferior to its merit . The prologue to it , which is excel- lent ...
Sida xv
... piece of stuff , the figure of a woman , with a fish's tail , without plot , incident , or intrigue ? We are made to laugh at stale , dull jokes , wherein we mistake pleasantry for wit , and grimace for hu- mour ; wherein every scene is ...
... piece of stuff , the figure of a woman , with a fish's tail , without plot , incident , or intrigue ? We are made to laugh at stale , dull jokes , wherein we mistake pleasantry for wit , and grimace for hu- mour ; wherein every scene is ...
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... piece , I honestly allow ; that he told all his friends that it would be damned , I positively aver ; and from such ungenerous insinua- tions , without a dramatic merit , it rose to public notice ; and it is now the ton to go to see it ...
... piece , I honestly allow ; that he told all his friends that it would be damned , I positively aver ; and from such ungenerous insinua- tions , without a dramatic merit , it rose to public notice ; and it is now the ton to go to see it ...
Sida xix
... pieces : its success was not very flattering ; for it was acted no more than once , and has never appeared in print . It is certain that the Doctor might , with a little attention to prudence and economy , have placed himself in a state ...
... pieces : its success was not very flattering ; for it was acted no more than once , and has never appeared in print . It is certain that the Doctor might , with a little attention to prudence and economy , have placed himself in a state ...
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... piece of virtu ; As in some Irish houses , where things are so so , One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show : But , for eating a rasher of what they take pride in , They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fry'd in . But hold - let ...
... piece of virtu ; As in some Irish houses , where things are so so , One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show : But , for eating a rasher of what they take pride in , They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fry'd in . But hold - let ...
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Amidst ballad Bard blessings blest bliss boast bowers breast Burke charms cheerful climes confest cry'd David Garrick dear e'en eyes fame fled Fleet Street flies Folly fond forlorn gentle guest heart heaven Hermit hoard honour hour humble humour John Ridge keep a corner labour land learning lord luxury maid mansion mind mirth native Nature's ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain pasty pity plain pleas'd pleasure Poem poet pomp poor praise pride proud reign repose retributive justice Reynolds Richard Burke Richard Cumberland rise round scene shade shore sigh sinks Sir Joshua Reynolds skies skill'd smiling solitary sorrow soul splendour spread Stoops to Conquer stranger supply'd swain sweet SWEET AUBURN sweet oblivion talk'd thee thine thou toil tomb tripe turn tyrant ven'son Vide page 70 village virtue's wealth Whitefoord wish'd Woodfall wretched