Their wretchedness excites rather horror than pity. Some are without the covering even of rags, and others emaciated with disease ; the world has disclaimed them ; society turns its back upon their distress, and has given them up to nakedness and hunger. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Página 462por Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 1 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Washington Irving - 1903 - 336 páginas
...orphans, whose circumstances are too humble to expect redress, and whose distresses are too great even for pity. Some are without the covering even of rags,...disease ; the world has disclaimed them ; society turns 10 its back upon their distress, and has given them up to nakedness and hunger. These poor shivering... | |
| 1906 - 578 páginas
...expect redress, and whose distresses are too great even for pity. Their wretchedness excites rather horror than pity. Some are without the covering even...poor shivering females have once seen happier days, Und been flattered into beauty. They have been prostituted to the gay luxurious villain, and are now... | |
| Washington Irving - 1911 - 346 páginas
...whose circumstances are too humble to expect redress, and whose distresses are too great even for pitv. Some are without the covering even of rags, and others...disease ; the world has disclaimed them ; society turns 10 its back upon their distress, and has given them up to nakedness and hunger. These poor shivering... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1914 - 434 páginas
...orphans, whose circumstances are too humble to expect redress, and their distresses too great even for pity. Some are without the covering even of rags, and others emaciated with disease ; the world seems to have disclaimed them ; society turns its back upon their distress, and has given them up to... | |
| Howard Williams - 2003 - 436 páginas
...expect redress, and their miseries are too great even for pity. Their wretchedness excites even horror. Some are without the covering even of rags, and others...back upon their distress, and has given them up to hunger and nakedness. These poor shivering women have once seen happier days, and been flattered for... | |
| Jeffrey Cane Robinson - 2006 - 166 páginas
...orphans, whose circumstances are too humble to expect redress, and whose distresses are too great even for pity Some are without the covering even of rags, and others emaciated with disease . . "' The rest of the essay is strikingly more troubled than the first half, Goldsmith experiencing a rush of... | |
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