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Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730-1774

"The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith"

' ('Percy Memoir', 1801, pp.
3-4.) The name of this worthy, according to Strean, was Burn
(Byrne). (Mangin's 'Essay on Light Reading', 1808, p. 142.)
l. 219. -----
"Near yonder thorn". See note to l. 13.
l. 229. -----
"The chest contriv'd a double debt to pay". Cf. the
'Description of an Author's Bedchamber', p. 48, l. ult. :--
A cap by night--a stocking all the day!
l. 232. "The twelve good rules". 'A constant one' (i.e.
picture) 'in every house was "King Charles' Twelve Good Rules."'
(Bewick's 'Memoir', 'Memorial Edition,' 1887, p. 262.) This old
broadside, surmounted by a rude woodcut of the King's execution,
is still prized by collectors. The rules, as 'found in the study
of King Charles the First, of Blessed Memory,' are as
follow:--
'1. Urge no healths;
2. Profane no divine ordinances;
3. Touch no state matters;
4. Reveal no secrets;
5.


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