| Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 338 pages
...cries, stood their citadel, now grown over with weeds ; there their senate-house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile. Temples and theatres stood...state were conferred on amusing, and not on useful membersof society. Their riches and opulence invited the invaders, who, though at first repulsed, returned... | |
| 1804 - 242 pages
...cries, stood their citadel, now grown over with weeds ; there their senate-house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile ; temples and theatres stood...and avarice first made them feeble. The rewards of state were conferred on amusing, and not on useful members of society. Their riches and opulence invited... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 522 pages
...weeds ; there their senate-house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile; temples and the-. atres stood here now only an undistinguished heap of ruin....rewards of the state were conferred on amusing, and noton useful, members of society. Their riches and opulence invited the invaders, who, though at first... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 462 pages
..." stood their citadel, now grown over with weeds ; there their senate-house ; but now the haunt of every noxious reptile ; temples and theatres stood...and avarice first made them feeble. The rewards of state were conferred on amusing, and not on useful, members of society. Their riches and opulence invited... | |
| 1818 - 596 pages
...grown over with weeds; there, their senate-house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile: 'IVmpjes and theatres stood here, now only an undistinguished heap of ruin. They arc fallen; for luxury and avarice first made them feeble. — The rewards of state were conferred... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...over with weeds ; there their senate-house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile ¡ temple« Z ? of the state wete conferred on amusing and not on useful members of society. Their riches and opulence... | |
| 1834 - 430 pages
...cries, ' stood their citadel, now grown over with weeds ; there their senate house, but now die haunt of every noxious reptile ; temples and theatres stood here, now only an undistinguished heap of ruins. • They are fallen— for luxury and avarice first made them feeble. The rewards of the state... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...noxious reptile ; temples and theatres stooc only an undistinguished heap of rum. They are H ]14 THE BEE; luxury and avarice first made them feeble. The rewards of the state were conferred on amusing, and no* °p useful members of society. Their riches and opulence invited the invaders, who, though at first... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...cries, "stood their citadel, now grown over with weeds; there their senate-house, but now the haunt of But you will have it so. [Exit with Miss RiclJand....colourings, like those employed to heighten beauty, lust swept the defendants into undistinguished destruction." How few appear in those streets which... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 pages
...grown over with weeds ; there their senate-house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile ; temple* eased with hie guests, the good man learn'd I LETTER CXVIII. From Fum Пошл to IJcn Chi Altand, ihr dueomentnl Wanderer, by the way of Moscow.... | |
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