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" Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt,... "
The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine - Page 332
1836
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Zeluco: Various Views of Human Nature, Taken from Life and Manners, Foreign ...

John Moore - 1792 - 584 pages
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The Secretary, and Complete Letter Writer: Containing a Collection of ...

Letter writing - 1803 - 268 pages
...something to come ; as, " Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side • But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and \vept, he pray'd and felt for all." GOLDSMITH. A PERIOD makes the fullest distinction,...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And ev'n his failingslean'd to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch 'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...pity gave ere charity hegan. Mm- to relievc the wretched mi his pride. And e'en his failings lean'd -to virtue's side; , But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, and pray'd, and felt for, all. And as a hird each fond endearment tries To tempt...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...gave , e'er charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride j And e'«n his failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call , He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and (elt for all. And , as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...pity gave, ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride. And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every call He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...pity gave, ere charity began. ThuMo relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, and pray'd, and felt for all. And as a hird each fond endearment tries To tempt its...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...gave ere Charily bega'tt. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride} And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side : But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride. And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every call He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its...
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