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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Oliver Goldsmith. (1730?–1774) (continued)
 
essence of spirituality may be referred to the second predicable.
          Vicar of Wakefield. Chap. vii.
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    I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellect too.
          Vicar of Wakefield. Chap. vii.
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    Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale,
  And guide my lonely way
To where yon taper cheers the vale
  With hospitable ray.
          The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 1.
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    Taught by that Power that pities me,
  I learn to pity them. 1
          The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 6.
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    Man wants but little here below,
  Nor wants that little long. 2
          The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 8.
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    And what is friendship but a name,
  A charm that lulls to sleep,
A shade that follows wealth or fame,
  And leaves the wretch to weep?
          The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 19.
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    The sigh that rends thy constant heart
  Shall break thy Edwin’s too.
          The Hermit. Chap. viii. Stanza 33.
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    By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat.
          The Hermit. Chap. ix.
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    They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived company, with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare, and the musical glasses.
          The Hermit. Chap. ix.
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    It has been a thousand times observed, and I must observe it once more, that the hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition. 3
          The Hermit. Chap. x.
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    To what happy accident 4 is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?
          The Hermit. Chap. xix.
 
Note 1.
See Burton, Quotation 2. [back]
Note 2.
See Young, Quotation 33. [back]
Note 3.
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.—Pliny the Younger: Letters, book ii. letter xv. 1. [back]
Note 4.
See Middleton, Quotation 29. [back]