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• Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade,- A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Country, Pride, Men

  The Deserted Village l. 51 (1770)

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• The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Dog, Men, Poison

  "An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog" l. 29 (1766)

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• Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.

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  Dog, Mad, Degrees

  Oliver Goldsmith (1837). “The Works ...”, p.130

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• Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

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  Ambition, Kind, Fame

  Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Poetical works. Dramas. The vicar of Wakefield”, p.3

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• Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.

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  Country, Learning, Character

  Oliver Goldsmith (1834). “An inquiry into the present state of polite learning. The Bee. History of Cyrillo Padovano. Life of Dr. Parnell. Life of Lord Bolingbroke. Prefaces and introductions”, p.11

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• And learn the luxury of doing good.

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  Learning, Luxury, Doing Good

  Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The works of Oliver Goldsmith, ed. by P. Cunningham”, p.6

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• Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote. Who too deep for his hearers still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.

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  Nice, Party, Learning

  'Retaliation' (1774) l. 29 (on Edmund Burke)

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• Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.

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  Work, Amusement, Bees

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• This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into astonishment, admiration and awe- - that is described by the torrent, the flame, and every other instance of irresistible impetuosity.

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  Flames, Lightning, Astonishment

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Miscellaneous Works: The bee. Essays. An inquiry into the present state of polite learning in Europe. Prefaces and introductions”, p.131

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• By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; The sports of children satisfy the child.

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  Sports, Children, Caring

  Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.11

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• To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

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  Pleasure, Convenience, Fortuitous

  Oliver Goldsmith (1858). “The Vicar of Wakefield ... Nach Walter Scott's verbessertem Texte durchgängig accentuirt. Nebst ... Noten und einem vollständigen Wörterbuche ... Bearbeitet von Christian Heinrich Plessner ... Fünfte Auflage”, p.201

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• But winter lingering chills the lap of May.

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  Winter, Lap, May

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield”, p.6

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• The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.

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  Hope, Future, Views

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• Girls like to be played with and rumpled a little too sometimes.

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  Girl, Mom, Daughter

  Oliver Goldsmith (1834). “Life. Commendatory verses. Poems. Plays. Letters. Memorandums of agreement between Dr. Goldsmith and Thomas Davies, bookseller”, p.284

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• Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

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  Lying, Men, Describe Me

  'Retaliation' (1774) l. 93

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• It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.

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  Love, Matrimony

  'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1766) ch. 16

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• But times are alter'd; trade's unfeeling train
  Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain;
  Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose,
  Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose.

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  Land, Rose, Wealth

  Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior (1851). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Including a Variety of Pieces Now First Collected”, p.66

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• At night returning, every labour sped,
  He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;
  Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys
  His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze;
  While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard,
  Displays her cleanly platter on the board.

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  Children, Home, Night

  Oliver Goldsmith (1824). “Essays, poems and plays”, p.139

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• Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.

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  Wisdom, Defense, Trouble

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• The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.

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  Life, Form, Quarry

  Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The works of Oliver Goldsmith. 1: Poetical works; Dramas; The vicar of Wakefield”, p.10

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• For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought,
  Enfeebles all internal strength of thought;
  And the weak soul within itself unblest,
  Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.

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  Soul, Flattery, Praise

  Oliver Goldsmith (1824). “Essays, poems and plays”, p.141

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• The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.

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  Love, Life, Looks

  Oliver Goldsmith (1794). “The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with the life of the author, embellished with vignettes by T. Bewick”, p.42

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• Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won.

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  Sorrow, Fields, Done

  Oliver Goldsmith (1830). “The vicar of Wakefield, etc. (University edition.)”, p.217

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• We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.

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  Retirement, Adventure, Fire

  'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1766) ch. 1

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• Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.

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  Return, Giver, Rejected

  Oliver Goldsmith (1837). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces”, p.149

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