 | Noah Worcester - 1822 - 320 pāgines
...glovt, Careless their merits or their faults to scan, \nd quite forgot their vices in their woe; % His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings leaned to virtue's Ģide ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept,... | |
 | miss Aimwell (pseud.) - 1822 - 838 pāgines
...NEWMAN AND CO. LEADENHAtL-STBEET. ~"l822.. OR, GOOD-NATURE; ou, SENSIBILITY. ' . **V' a CaU. ..'*': Careless their merits or their faults to scan— His pity gave ere charity began. GOLDSMITH. VOL. I. B GOOD-NATURE AND OTHER TALES. BY MISS AIMWELL. IN THREE VOLUMES. Oh, Nature I wherefore,... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pāgines
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe;...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | English poetry, William Fordyce Mavor - 1823 - 502 pāgines
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow. And quite forgot their vices in their woe...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But, in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pāgines
...won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their wo ; Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, Aud ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's side : But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, • He watch'd... | |
 | F. Campbell - 1824 - 440 pāgines
...Shoulders his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his vices lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | Select readings - 1824 - 300 pāgines
...Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Pleas'd with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe...began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd on virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept,... | |
 | Derbyshire Archaeological Society - 1883 - 256 pāgines
...the village preacher described by Goldsmith, that " To relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept—he pray'd—and felt for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment... | |
 | 1920 - 696 pāgines
...76th year. " The long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast, Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave, ere charity began. But in his duty prompt at every call He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all." [B. I, No. 82l... | |
 | Leslie J. Francis - 1989 - 244 pāgines
...Shouldered his crutch, and show'd how fields were won; Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe;...their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728-1774) 53. We passed on after we left the forest through many pleasant villages... | |
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Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His... 
