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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with the Journal of a Tour to ... - Page 394
by James Boswell - 1884 - 2221 pages
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 200 pages
...smooth current of domestic joy ; The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Zeck's iron crown, and Damiens' bed of steel,' To men remote from power but rarely...Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own. ' George and Luke Zeck headed an insurrection in Hungary, AD 15I4, and George was punished by having...
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Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damiens 2 , mentions Luke as a person well known, and superficial readers have passed it over quite smoothly...
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1861 - 570 pages
...smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely...known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own THE DESEETED VILLAGE. ' TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. DEAR SIR. — I can have no expectations, in an addresi...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a Life

Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 pages
...Arthur, p. 220. «When with her lifted axe proud Martha stood.' 26 Luke's iron crown, and Damiens' 27 bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely...Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own. 28 26 George and Luke Dosa were two brothers who headed an unsuccessful revolt against the Hungarian...
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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with a memoir by W. Spalding, Volume 44

Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 182 pages
...smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damiens' bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely...Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own. THE HERMIT. A BALLAD. " TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way, To where yon taper...
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The Poetical Works of James Beattie, and the Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith

James Beattie, Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 540 pages
...smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonising wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damiens' bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely...Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own. And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round ;...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life

James Boswell - 1887 - 512 pages
...smooth current of domestick joy : The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crmvn, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power, but rarely...own.' He added, ' These are all of which I can be sure V They bear a small proportion to the whole, which consists of four hundred and thirty-eight verses....
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life

James Boswell - 1887 - 522 pages
...smooth current of domestick joy : The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power, but rarely...our own.' He added, 'These are all of which I can be sure3.' They bear a small proportion to the whole, which consists of four hundred and thirty-eight...
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Selected Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1887 - 254 pages
...smooth current of domestic joy. 435 The lifted axe, the agonising wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damiens' bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely...Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own. THE DESERTED VILLAGE. DEDICATION. To SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. DEAR SIR, I can have no expectations in an...
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The Popular Poets and Poetry of Ireland: And Choice Selections in Prose from ...

1887 - 842 pages
...smooth current of domestic j°yThe lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely...known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience all our own. THE DESERTED VILLAGE. SWEET Auburn ! loveliest village of tinplain, Where health and plenty cheer'd...
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