Oliver Goldsmith, a BiographyMacmillan, 1903 - 303 pagina's |
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Pagina xvi
... dear . ' We know well enough that the great author of The Newcomes , and the great author of The Heart of Midlothian , recognized the abiding value in litera- ture of integrity , sincerity , purity , charity , faith . These are ...
... dear . ' We know well enough that the great author of The Newcomes , and the great author of The Heart of Midlothian , recognized the abiding value in litera- ture of integrity , sincerity , purity , charity , faith . These are ...
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... dear mother , if you will sit down and calmly listen to what I say , you shall be fully resolved in every one of those 30 many questions you have asked me . I went to Cork and con- verted my horse , which you prize so much higher than ...
... dear mother , if you will sit down and calmly listen to what I say , you shall be fully resolved in every one of those 30 many questions you have asked me . I went to Cork and con- verted my horse , which you prize so much higher than ...
Pagina 28
... dear mother and friends whom I had left behind me , and so bought that generous beast , Fiddle - back , and bade adieu to Cork with only five shillings in my pocket . This , to be sure , was but a scanty allowance for man and horse ...
... dear mother and friends whom I had left behind me , and so bought that generous beast , Fiddle - back , and bade adieu to Cork with only five shillings in my pocket . This , to be sure , was but a scanty allowance for man and horse ...
Pagina 31
... dear mother , I found sufficient to reconcile me to all my follies ; for here I spent three whole days . The counsellor had two sweet girls to his daughters , who played enchantingly on the harpsichord ; and yet it was but a melan- 10 ...
... dear mother , I found sufficient to reconcile me to all my follies ; for here I spent three whole days . The counsellor had two sweet girls to his daughters , who played enchantingly on the harpsichord ; and yet it was but a melan- 10 ...
Pagina 36
... DEAR BOB , - " EDINBURGH , September 26th , 1753 . " How many good excuses ( and you know I was ever good at 5 an excuse ) might I call up to vindicate my past shameful si- lence . I might tell how I wrote a long letter on my first ...
... DEAR BOB , - " EDINBURGH , September 26th , 1753 . " How many good excuses ( and you know I was ever good at 5 an excuse ) might I call up to vindicate my past shameful si- lence . I might tell how I wrote a long letter on my first ...
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Pagina 174 - 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...
Pagina 9 - 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; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Pagina 123 - 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 276 - A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more : His best companions, innocence and health, And his best riches ignorance of wealth.
Pagina 109 - 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, and having gone to a bookseller sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.
Pagina 260 - Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when he pleased, he could whistle them back.
Pagina 278 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind.
Pagina 279 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, 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.
Pagina 277 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Pagina 109 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as 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...