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Retaliation: a poem. To which is added, some account of the life of the author - Page 11
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1774
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 42

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1770 - 604 pages
...fmile. His ready fmjle a parent's warmth expreft, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares diflreft ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...all his ferious thoughts had reft in heaven. ' As feme tall cliff that lifts its awful form Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the florin, Though...
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Annual Register, Volume 13

Edmund Burke - History - 1771 - 590 pages
...children followed with endearing wile, And plucked his gown, to mare the good man's fmile* His ready fmile a parent's warmth expreft, Their welfare pleafed him,...To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, _ 'pk, % But all his ferious thoughts had reft in Heaven^ As fome tall cliff that lifts its awful form,...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...fmile His ready fmile a parent's warmth expreft, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares diftrcft ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his ferious thoughts had reft in Heav'n. As fome tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the ftorm,...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...gown, to lhare the good man's fmi'e His ready finile a parent's warmth expreft, Their welfare pieas'd him, and their cares diftreft ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were gi v 'iii But all his ferious thoughts hail reft in heav'n. A? fame tall cliff that lifts its awful...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...exprefs'd, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares diftrefs'd; To them his heart, his love, his grief, were given, But all his ferious thoughts had reft in heaven. As fometall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and 'midway leaves the ftorm; Though...
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Beauties of literature, selected from various authors by H. Waylett

Beauties - 1791 - 214 pages
...ftare the good man's fmile. His His ready finile a parent's warmth exp'reft, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares diftreft ; To them his heart,...heaven. As fome tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway lcaves the ftorm. Though round its breaft the rolling clouds are fpicad,...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...warmth cxprels'd,[imile. Their welfare, plcas'd him,and theircarcs diftrefs d; To them his heart, hi j love, his griefs were given, But all his ferious thoughts...heaven. As fome tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from thcvalc, and midway Icavesthcftorm, Tho' round its bread the rolling clouds arc Ipread,...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...His His ready fmile a parent's warmth expreft, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares diftrefi ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...But all his ferious thoughts had reft in heaven. As fomc tall clifF that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the ftorm, Though...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...gown, to mare the good nan's ttnik t His ready finile a parent's warmth expreft; Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares diftreft. To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were .giv'n— • But all his ferious thoughts had reft inheav'ns As fome tall cliff, that lifts it's awful...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...fmilff« His ready fmile a parent's warmih exprefl, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares diflrefl ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his ferious thoughts had refl in Heaven. As fome tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves...
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