Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords… - Oliver Goldsmith

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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
I see the lords of humankind pass by.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and physician.

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Alternative Names: Oliver Goldsmit • Doctor Goldsmith • Oliverio Goldsmith • Oliverus Goldsmith • Olver Goldsmith • Olivier Goldsmith • Dottor Golssmith • Tom Telescope • Solomon Winlove • James Willington • Inspired Idiot

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The land of scholars and the nurse of arms.

To the last moment of his breath
On hope the wretch relies;
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by. - Oliver Goldsmith

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