The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and WritingsT. Heptinstall, 1796 - 141 páginas |
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... freedom , as a watchful guardian , ca- pable of uniting the weak against the encroachments of power . What concerns the public most properly admits of a public discussion . But of late , the press has turned from defending public ...
... freedom , as a watchful guardian , ca- pable of uniting the weak against the encroachments of power . What concerns the public most properly admits of a public discussion . But of late , the press has turned from defending public ...
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... freedom . " OLIVER GOLDSMITH . " In 1772 was performed at Covent - Garden theatre , for the benefit of Mr. Quick , The Grumbler , a farce , altered from Sedley . This was the last of our author's theatrical pieces : its success was not ...
... freedom . " OLIVER GOLDSMITH . " In 1772 was performed at Covent - Garden theatre , for the benefit of Mr. Quick , The Grumbler , a farce , altered from Sedley . This was the last of our author's theatrical pieces : its success was not ...
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... freedom reign , contentment fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails . Hence every state to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone . Each to the fav'rite happiness attends , And spurns the plan ...
... freedom reign , contentment fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails . Hence every state to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone . Each to the fav'rite happiness attends , And spurns the plan ...
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... freedom flies , The needy sell it , and the rich man buys ; A land of tyrants , and a den of slaves , Here wretches seek dishonourable graves , And calmly bent , to servitude conform , Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm ...
... freedom flies , The needy sell it , and the rich man buys ; A land of tyrants , and a den of slaves , Here wretches seek dishonourable graves , And calmly bent , to servitude conform , Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm ...
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... Freedom , thine the blessings pictur'd here ; Thine are those charms that dazzle and endear . Too blest indeed , were such without alloy ; But foster'd e'en by Freedom , ills annoy : That independence Britons prize too high , Keeps man ...
... Freedom , thine the blessings pictur'd here ; Thine are those charms that dazzle and endear . Too blest indeed , were such without alloy ; But foster'd e'en by Freedom , ills annoy : That independence Britons prize too high , Keeps man ...
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