John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Oliver Goldsmith. (1730?–1774) (continued) |
| essence of spirituality may be referred to the second predicable. |
| Vicar of Wakefield. Chap. vii. |
| 4355 |
| I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellect too. |
| Vicar of Wakefield. Chap. vii. |
| 4356 |
| Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. |
| The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 1. |
| 4357 |
| Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them. 1 |
| The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 6. |
| 4358 |
| Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long. 2 |
| The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 8. |
| 4359 |
| And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep? |
| The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 19. |
| 4360 |
| The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin’s too. |
| The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 33. |
| 4361 |
| By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat. |
| The Hermit. Chap. ix. |
| 4362 |
| They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived company, with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare, and the musical glasses. |
| The Hermit. Chap. ix. |
| 4363 |
| It has been a thousand times observed, and I must observe it once more, that the hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition. 3 |
| The Hermit. Chap. x. |
| 4364 |
| To what happy accident 4 is it that we owe so unexpected a visit? |
| The Hermit. Chap. xix. |
| Note 1. See Burton, Quotation 2. [back] |
| Note 2. See Young, Quotation 33. [back] |
| Note 3. An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.—Pliny the Younger: Letters, book ii. letter xv. 1. [back] |
| Note 4. See Middleton, Quotation 29. [back] |