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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| Page 394 |
| Oliver Goldsmith. (1730?–1774) |
| 4269 |
| Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po. |
| The Traveller. Line 1. |
| 4270 |
| Where’er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell’d fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain. |
| The Traveller. Line 7. |
| 4271 |
| And learn the luxury of doing good. 1 |
| The Traveller. Line 22. |
| 4272 |
| Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view. |
| The Traveller. Line 26. |
| 4273 |
| These little things are great to little man. |
| The Traveller. Line 42. |
| 4274 |
| Creation’s heir, the world, the world is mine! |
| The Traveller. Line 50. |
| 4275 |
| Such is the patriot’s boast, where’er we roam,— His first, best country ever is at home. |
| The Traveller. Line 73. |
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| Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails. |
| The Traveller. Line 91. |
| 4277 |
| Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. |
| The Traveller. Line 126. |
| 4278 |
| The canvas glow’d beyond ev’n Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem’d with human form. 2 |
| The Traveller. Line 137. |
| 4279 |
| By sports like these are all their cares beguil’d; The sports of children satisfy the child. |
| The Traveller. Line 153. |
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| But winter lingering chills the lap of May. |
| The Traveller. Line 172. |
| 4281 |
| Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes. |
| The Traveller. Line 185. |
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| So the loud torrent and the whirlwind’s roar But bind him to his native mountains more. |
| The Traveller. Line 217. |
| Note 1. See Garth, Quotation 3. George Crabbe: Tales of the Hall, book iii. Graves: The Epicure. [back] |
| Note 2. See Pope, Quotation 173. [back] |
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