Oliver Goldsmith, a BiographyMacmillan, 1903 - 303 pagina's |
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Pagina 38
... perhaps the fit may continue till I receive an answer to this . I know you cannot send me much news from Ballymahon , but such as it is , send it all ; everything you send will be agreeable to me . O " Has George Conway put up a sign ...
... perhaps the fit may continue till I receive an answer to this . I know you cannot send me much news from Ballymahon , but such as it is , send it all ; everything you send will be agreeable to me . O " Has George Conway put up a sign ...
Pagina 42
... perhaps , exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis XIV . Such are the better bred . But the 35 downright Hollander is one of the oddest figures in nature . Upon a lank head of hair he wears a half - cocked narrow ...
... perhaps , exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis XIV . Such are the better bred . But the 35 downright Hollander is one of the oddest figures in nature . Upon a lank head of hair he wears a half - cocked narrow ...
Pagina 51
... Perhaps now , lying at the doors of their betrayers , they sue to wretches whose hearts 15 are insensible , or debauchees who may curse , but will not re- lieve them . 66 Why , why was I born a man , and yet see the sufferings of ...
... Perhaps now , lying at the doors of their betrayers , they sue to wretches whose hearts 15 are insensible , or debauchees who may curse , but will not re- lieve them . 66 Why , why was I born a man , and yet see the sufferings of ...
Pagina 52
... perhaps , to sleep in the same bed with the French teacher , who disturbs him for an hour every night in papering and fillet- ing his hair , and stinks worse than a carrion with his rancid pomatums , when he lays his head beside him on ...
... perhaps , to sleep in the same bed with the French teacher , who disturbs him for an hour every night in papering and fillet- ing his hair , and stinks worse than a carrion with his rancid pomatums , when he lays his head beside him on ...
Pagina 60
... perhaps , be imagined a combination more prejudicial to taste than this . It is the interest of the one to allow as little for writing , and for the other to write as much as possible ; accordingly , tedious com- 10 pilations and ...
... perhaps , be imagined a combination more prejudicial to taste than this . It is the interest of the one to allow as little for writing , and for the other to write as much as possible ; accordingly , tedious com- 10 pilations and ...
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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...