Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmithwas an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village, and his plays The Good-Natur'd Manand She Stoops to Conquer. He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 November 1730
CountryIreland
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Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po.
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He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
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Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.
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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 the burden of threescore.
sports children care
By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; The sports of children satisfy the child.
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What is genius or courage without a heart?
perfection
The very pink of perfection.
poor source thou
Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, / That foundst me poor at first, and keepst me so.
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We are the boys / That fear no noise / Where the thundering cannons roar.
fond pursue
Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.
nice proud
Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.
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To begin with Ireland, the most western part of the continent, the natives are peculiarly remarkable for their gaiety and levity of their disposition ; the English, transplanted there, in time lose their serious melancholy air, and become gay and tho
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There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it
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To feel your subject thoroughly and to speak without fear, are the only rules of eloquence