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Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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Elphin
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Oliverus Goldsmith
Olver Goldsmith
Olivier Goldsmith
Dottor Golssmith
Tom Telescope
Solomon Winlove
James Willington
Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
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As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure but there's no love lost between us.
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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.
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The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination.
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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
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Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind.
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