Essays on GoldsmithClarendon Press, 1946 - 200 pagine |
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Pagina 70
... praise my wondrous power , And dance , forgetful of the noon - tide hour . Alike all ages . Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze , And the gay grandsire , skill'd in gestic lore , Has frisk'd beneath ...
... praise my wondrous power , And dance , forgetful of the noon - tide hour . Alike all ages . Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze , And the gay grandsire , skill'd in gestic lore , Has frisk'd beneath ...
Pagina 93
... praise a mere glutton , he swallow'd what came , And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous , almost to disease , Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please . But let us be candid , and speak out ...
... praise a mere glutton , he swallow'd what came , And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous , almost to disease , Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please . But let us be candid , and speak out ...
Pagina 185
... praise : i . e . to covet praise eagerly . Avarice ( covetousness ) is not the same as niggardliness , though the two are often found together . 279. still continually , a common seventeenth - century meaning . 286. rampire : an old ...
... praise : i . e . to covet praise eagerly . Avarice ( covetousness ) is not the same as niggardliness , though the two are often found together . 279. still continually , a common seventeenth - century meaning . 286. rampire : an old ...
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EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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