The Works of Washington Irving: Oliver GoldsmithGeorge P. Putnam, 1851 |
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Pagina 35
... occasion we find him implicated in an affair that came nigh producing his expulsion . A report was brought to college that a scholar was in the hands of the bailiffs . This was an insult in which every gownsman felt himself involved.
... occasion we find him implicated in an affair that came nigh producing his expulsion . A report was brought to college that a scholar was in the hands of the bailiffs . This was an insult in which every gownsman felt himself involved.
Pagina 45
... occasion , when it was to be supposed his garb would be of suitable gravity , he appeared luminously arrayed in scarlet breeches ! He was rejected by the bishop : some say for want of sufficient studious preparation ; his rambles and ...
... occasion , when it was to be supposed his garb would be of suitable gravity , he appeared luminously arrayed in scarlet breeches ! He was rejected by the bishop : some say for want of sufficient studious preparation ; his rambles and ...
Pagina 50
... occasion . To be sure , ' said he , the longer you stay away from your mother , the more you will grieve her and your other friends ; and possibly they are already afflicted at hearing of this foolish expedition you have made ...
... occasion . To be sure , ' said he , the longer you stay away from your mother , the more you will grieve her and your other friends ; and possibly they are already afflicted at hearing of this foolish expedition you have made ...
Pagina 62
... occasion a month's excursion to the Highlands . " I set out the first day on foot , " says he , in a letter to his uncle Contarine , " but an ill- natured corn I have on my toe , has for the future prevented that cheap mode of ...
... occasion a month's excursion to the Highlands . " I set out the first day on foot , " says he , in a letter to his uncle Contarine , " but an ill- natured corn I have on my toe , has for the future prevented that cheap mode of ...
Pagina 86
... occasion to sound him privately as to his inclination and capa- city as a reviewer , and was furnished by him with specimens of his literary and critical talents . They proved satisfactory . The consequence was that Goldsmith once more ...
... occasion to sound him privately as to his inclination and capa- city as a reviewer , and was furnished by him with specimens of his literary and critical talents . They proved satisfactory . The consequence was that Goldsmith once more ...
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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 223 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran; E'en children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile...
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 250 - Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Pagina 23 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Pagina 161 - 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.
Pagina 21 - More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train...
Pagina 122 - HERE lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's hack; He led such a damnable life in this world, I don't think he'll wish to come back.
Pagina 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Pagina 234 - Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale.