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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ... - Page 157
by Henry Marlen - 1838
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The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...sped — what waits him there 1 To see profusion that he must not share : To see ten thousand baleful arts combined To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ;...pleasure know, Extorted from his fellow-creature's wo. Here, while the courtier glitters in brocade, There the pale artist plies the sickly trade ; Here,...
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The Liberty of Rome: A History, Volume 2

Samuel Eliot - 1849 - 576 pages
...lines, — Dunoyer, Libert6 du Travail, Lavre '• To see ten thousand baneful arts combined jy C J) 4 To pamper luxury and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know Extorted from hi< fellow-creature's woe." touch upon the poor man's taxes in the province, the rich man's luxury...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Including a Variety ..., Volume 4

Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 558 pages
...pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him...must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combiu'd To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from...
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Beauties of the British Poets ...

George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — what waits him...profusion that he must not share : To see ten thousand baleful arts combined To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know,...
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The Standard elocutionist; and gem-book of British authors, ed. by A. Cunningham

A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is denied. THE STANDARD ELOCUTIONIST. If to the city sped — what waits him there ? To...profusion that he must not share ! To see ten thousand haneful arts combined To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know...
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 pages
...the scanty blade, Tho-ie fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is denied. .-.' If to the city sped, what waits him...each joy the sons of pleasure know Extorted from his fellow-creatures' wo. Here while the courtier glitters in brocade, There the pale artist plies his...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 pages
...pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — what waits him...combined To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joys the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from his fellow-creature's woe : Here, while the courtier...
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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with illustr. by J. Absolon [and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...pick the scanty blado, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — what waits him...combined To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joys the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from his fellow-creature's woe : Here, while the courtier...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 376 pages
...16 To see profusion] ' He only guards those luxuries he is not fated to share.' An. Nat. iv. p. 43. Here, while the courtier glitters in brocade, There...trade ; Here, while the proud their long drawn pomps disThere the black gibbet glooms beside the way. Thedome where pleasure holds her midnight reign, Here,...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped, what waits him there...plies the sickly trade : Here while the proud their long-drawn pomps display, There the black gibbet glooms beside the way ; The dome where pleasure holds...
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