“T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.”
Tale xxi, "The Learned Boy".
Tales in Verse (1812)
George Crabbe: Goodness
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“He tried the luxury of doing good.”
Book iii, "Boys at School". Compare: "And learn the luxury of doing good", Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, Line 22.
Tales of the Hall (1819)
“Books cannot always please, however good;
Minds are not ever craving for their food.”
The Borough (1810), Letter xxiv, "Schools".