The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver GoldsmithMacmillan, 1881 - 695 pagina's |
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Pagina xi
... late : there was nothing remarkable about him when young , " seems true only in a very obvious and rough sense . The " flower " of Goldsmith was the exquisite variety of English writing which eventually he gave to MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . xi.
... late : there was nothing remarkable about him when young , " seems true only in a very obvious and rough sense . The " flower " of Goldsmith was the exquisite variety of English writing which eventually he gave to MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . xi.
Pagina xii
Oliver Goldsmith. exquisite variety of English writing which eventually he gave to the world ; and , till this came , there was nothing " remarkable " about him to those who could not discern that it might come , unless they chose , with ...
Oliver Goldsmith. exquisite variety of English writing which eventually he gave to the world ; and , till this came , there was nothing " remarkable " about him to those who could not discern that it might come , unless they chose , with ...
Pagina xvi
... gave out ) for America vid Cork . Nothing was heard of him for six weeks , when unexpectedly he turned up at his mother's door , without a penny , and riding on a bony animal which he called Fiddleback . He gave his mother a long ...
... gave out ) for America vid Cork . Nothing was heard of him for six weeks , when unexpectedly he turned up at his mother's door , without a penny , and riding on a bony animal which he called Fiddleback . He gave his mother a long ...
Pagina xxx
... gave them the most conspicuous place in the paper . Ninety - eight letters in all appeared in the course of 1760 ; and these , completed by subsequent stragglers in the Ledger , and by the incorporation of other papers in the same vein ...
... gave them the most conspicuous place in the paper . Ninety - eight letters in all appeared in the course of 1760 ; and these , completed by subsequent stragglers in the Ledger , and by the incorporation of other papers in the same vein ...
Pagina xxxii
... gave him fourteen guineas , was published in October 1762 , under the title of The Life of Richard Nash , Esq . It was immediately popular ; Johnson , who was by no means a book- buyer , is found purchasing a copy ; and there was a ...
... gave him fourteen guineas , was published in October 1762 , under the title of The Life of Richard Nash , Esq . It was immediately popular ; Johnson , who was by no means a book- buyer , is found purchasing a copy ; and there was a ...
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Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
acquaintance admiration Ęsop amusement appear Asem beauty called character charms China Circassia Confucius continued cried Croaker daughter David Mallet dear desire distress dressed endeavour England English expected eyes fancy favour fond fortune friendship genius gentleman give Goldsmith hand happy heart Heaven honour humour king lady laugh laws learning LETTER lived Livy look Lord Lord Bolingbroke madam mankind manner marriage Mencius ment merit mind misery Nash nature never obliged observed occasion Oliver Goldsmith once passion perceived perhaps person philosopher pleased pleasure poet poetry polite poor possessed praise present proper racter rapture received replied resolved returned rich RICHARD NASH scarcely seemed society soon sure taste things Thornhill thought tion trifling Tunbridge turn venison Vicar of Wakefield virtue Voltaire Whigs whole wife wretched write young
Populaire passages
Pagina 582 - And e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort...
Pagina 581 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose : I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants...
Pagina 583 - I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned; Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.
Pagina 582 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place...
Pagina xxxvi - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return,...
Pagina 579 - The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round...
Pagina 584 - Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robb'd the neighbouring fields of half their growth His seat, where solitary sports are...
Pagina 583 - The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when winter chilled the day, With aspen boughs and flowers, and fennel gay, While broken tea-cups, wisely kept for show, Ranged o'er the chimney, glistened in a row. Vain transitory splendours! Could not all Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall? Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's heart. Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care; No more the farmer's...
Pagina 594 - As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line; Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings — a dupe to his art.
Pagina 578 - In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find: With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.