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" And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep... "
Political Portraits in this New Era: With Explanatory Notes, Historical and ... - Page 347
by William Playfair - 1814
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 4

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 518 pages
...wealth, rarely to distress. They are the blossoms of the sunshine, but wither in the adverse blast. For, -' 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 ?'" But let all this pass for nothing. Let it be granted that...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1827 - 270 pages
...triflmg, and decay ; ' And those who prize the paltry things, ' More trifling still than they. , -' And what is friendship but a name, ' A charm that lulls to sleep ; ' A shade that fellows wealth or fame, ' But leaves the wretch tu weep ? ' And love is still an emptier sound, ' The...
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The Legendary Cabinet: A Collection of British National Ballads, Ancient and ...

John Docwra Parry - Ballads, English - 1829 - 460 pages
...Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " 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 ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 4

History - 1829 - 524 pages
...wealth, rarely to distress. They are the blossoms of the sunshine, but wither in the adverse blast, For, •*• What is friendship but a name. A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade, that follow? wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ?" But let all this pass for nothing. Let it...
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " 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 weepl " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things More trifling still than they. ' And have made their way 1 He might have lived till folly died in shame, Till kindling wisdom or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep I ' And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And to hand, t shifts in splendid traffic round the land ; ;'rom courts to camps, to cotta or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? "And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's...
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Reminiscences of Eton

Henry John Crickitt Blake - 1831 - 170 pages
...brings Arc trifling and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. 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. GOLDSMITH. THE expectation of the arrival of the holidays creates...
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The Second Reader, Or Juvenile Companion

John Lauris Blake - Readers - 1833 - 286 pages
...mask, behind which it is impossible for him, at once, to distinguish the basilisk from the dove. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls...follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." If a man is rich, a large class court his favor, in hopes of deriving benefit from his influence ;...
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A treatise on happiness [by J. Flamank].

James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...gather around, they fly to brighter scenes and more profitable society. Goldsmith exclaims, — i " 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 exercise of a friendly and noble disposition is not only...
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