Oliver Goldsmith: A BiographyG. P. Putnam, 1851 - 382 pagina's |
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Pagina 57
... present finances at play ; often he lavished them away in fits of unguarded charity or generosity . Sometimes among his boon companions he assumed a ludicrous swagger in money matters , which no one afterward was more ready than himself ...
... present finances at play ; often he lavished them away in fits of unguarded charity or generosity . Sometimes among his boon companions he assumed a ludicrous swagger in money matters , which no one afterward was more ready than himself ...
Pagina 58
... present . The following letter to his friend Bryanton , contains some of Goldsmith's impressions concerning Scotland and its inhabitants , and gives indications of that humor which characterized some of his later writings . " Robert ...
... present . The following letter to his friend Bryanton , contains some of Goldsmith's impressions concerning Scotland and its inhabitants , and gives indications of that humor which characterized some of his later writings . " Robert ...
Pagina 68
... present them- selves ; but when you enter their towns you are charmed beyond description . No misery is to be seen here ; every one is usefully employed . " And again , in his noble description in " The Trav- eller : " " To men of other ...
... present them- selves ; but when you enter their towns you are charmed beyond description . No misery is to be seen here ; every one is usefully employed . " And again , in his noble description in " The Trav- eller : " " To men of other ...
Pagina 71
... present means of subsistence . I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders , and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry , for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants . When- ever I approached ...
... present means of subsistence . I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders , and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry , for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants . When- ever I approached ...
Pagina 86
... present I'll show you forty very dull fellows about town that live by it in opulence . All honest , jog - trot men , who go on smoothly and dully , and write history and politics , and are praised : men , sir , who had they been bred ...
... present I'll show you forty very dull fellows about town that live by it in opulence . All honest , jog - trot men , who go on smoothly and dully , and write history and politics , and are praised : men , sir , who had they been bred ...
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Pagina 249 - ... 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...
Pagina 25 - A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers...
Pagina 78 - And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
Pagina 44 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round.
Pagina 23 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain.
Pagina 179 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Pagina 249 - 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.
Pagina 223 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Pagina 223 - 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 368 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, .He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand : His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still bom to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...