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That strain once more; it bids remembrance rise.
The Captivity, An Oratorio (1764)
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
Retaliation (1774)
The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.
The Deserted Village (1770)
But winter lingering chills the lap of May.
The Traveller (1764)
The land of scholars and the nurse of arms.
The Traveller (1764)
A flattering painter, who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Retaliation (1774)
There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
The Good-Natur'd Man (1768)
To me more dear, congenial to my heart,
One native charm, than all the gloss of art.
The Deserted Village (1770)
Vain, very vain, my weary search to find
That bliss which only centers in the mind.
The Traveller (1764)
Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale,
And guide my lonely way
To where yon taper cheers the vale
With hospitable ray.
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary.
One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.
The Bee (1759)
The man recovered of the bite,
The dog it was that died.
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.
The Traveller (1764)
Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
The Deserted Village (1770)
Those who think must govern those that toil.
The Traveller (1764)
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
The Deserted Village (1770)
Who can direct, when all pretend to know?
The Traveller (1764)
Handsome is that handsome does.
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)