...reapers wiping their foreheads, were very e, apd lhat the ice and the boys sliding were also very fine ? To such a picture the " Deserted Village " bears a great resemblance. It is made up U incongruous parts. The village in its happy days is H true English village. The village in its decay...

...wiping their foreheads, were very fine, and that the ice and the boys sliding were also very fine ? To such a picture the " Deserted Village " bears a...countries, and to two different stages in the progress of societ}'. He had assuredly never seen in his native island such a rural paradise, such a seat of plenty,...

...abandonment of home under the pressure of wealthy oppression. In this respect, as Macaulay has remarked, "it is made up of incongruous parts. The village in...different countries, and to two different stages in the prospect of society. He had assuredly never seen in his native island such a rural paradise, such a...

...reapers wiping their foreheads were very fine, and that the ice and the boy sliding was also very fine ? To such a picture, ' The Deserted Village' bears a...happy days is a true English village. The village iu its decay is an Irish villag'e. rlhe felicity and the misery which Goldsmith has brought close together...

...in this." He would have been indifferent to the objection, if * Macaulay has put this most forcibly. "It is made up of incongruous parts. " The village...days is a true " English village. The village in its deucay is an Irish village. The felicity "and the misery which Goldsmith has " brought close together...

...inhabitants. Here, again, the poet's deductions are erroneous, and the incongruity presents itself that " the village in its happy days is a true English village ; the village in its decay is an Irish village." These drawbacks, however, detract nothing from the charm of this delicious poem. The pictures of village...

...admire the beauty of the details, are shqcked by one unpardonable fault which pervades the whole. ... It is made up of incongruous parts. (The village in...Goldsmith has brought close together belong to two d1fferent countries, and to two different stages in the progress of society. He had assuredly never...

...admire the beauty of the details, are shocked by one unpardonable fault which pervades the whole. ... It is made up of incongruous parts. The village in...countries, and to two different stages in the progress of-society. He had assuredly never seen in his native island such a rural paradise, such a seat of...

...reapers wiping their foreheadx were very fine, and that the ice and the boys sliding were also very fine* To such a picture the "Deserted Village" bears a great...an Irish village. The felicity and the misery which Gold nith has brought close together belong to two different countries, and to two different stages...

...wiping their foreheads, were very fine, and that the ice and the boys sliding were also very fine ? To such a picture the " Deserted Village" bears a...incongruous parts. The village in its happy days is a trne English village. The village in its decay is an Irish village. The felk-ity and tlic misery Avhich...