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tiot inferior to thofe which he exhibits in the more ferious and 

 pathetic. The charader of the fchool-mafler, and defcription of 

 the village ale-houfe to which he conduds the poet, are genuine 

 productions of that pen which had given to the public the 

 Citizen of the World and the Vicar of Wakefield. 



In pathetic images and defcriptions his Deferted Village 

 abounds, and it is peculiarly the merit of Goldfmith that he 

 affeds us only where we ought to be afteded. He does not 

 by any overfwoln amplification of minuteneffes, by any trick of 

 inflant vehemence, or by any delineation of the grievances of 

 hypochondriac fenfibility fuddenly excite an emotion, of which 

 when we come to confider its caufe we are afhamed. He 

 improves our morals by making us fympathize with genuine 

 unequivocal afflidion : he fettles habits of ufeful and permanent 

 impreflion, for he makes us feel for domeftic diftrefs — for the 

 fair who is forfaken, and the family which is forced to brave 

 the horrors of emigration. 



When the poor exiles every pleafure pad 



Hung round the bow'rs and fondly looked their laft, 



And took a long farewell and wifhed in vain 



For feats like thefe beyond the weftern main, 



And fliudd'ring ftill to face the diftant deep 



Return'd, and wept, and ftill return'd to vireep. 



The fubfequcnt defcription of the individuals abounds with the 

 highcft ftrokes of Goldfmith's powers in the pathetic. 



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