The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.J. Johnson, G. and J. Robinson, W. J. and J. Richardson, 1801 |
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... DEAR SIR , Binfield , near Oakingham , Tuefday . I BELIEVE the hurry you were in hindered your giving me a word by the laft poft , so that I am yet 6 . • to learn whether you got well to B 4 to LIFE OF DR . PARNELL . 7.
... DEAR SIR , Binfield , near Oakingham , Tuefday . I BELIEVE the hurry you were in hindered your giving me a word by the laft poft , so that I am yet 6 . • to learn whether you got well to B 4 to LIFE OF DR . PARNELL . 7.
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... who have before me , but be damn'd myfelf by all who come after me . To be ferious ; you have not only left me to the laft " " 6 gone 6 degree degree impatient for your return , who at all times 8 LIFE OF DR . PARNELL .
... who have before me , but be damn'd myfelf by all who come after me . To be ferious ; you have not only left me to the laft " " 6 gone 6 degree degree impatient for your return , who at all times 8 LIFE OF DR . PARNELL .
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... laft in greater va- riety of bufinefs than any fuch men as you ( that is , divines and philofophers ) can poffibly imagine a • reasonable creature capable of . Gay's play , among ، the reft , has coft much time and long fuffering , to ...
... laft in greater va- riety of bufinefs than any fuch men as you ( that is , divines and philofophers ) can poffibly imagine a • reasonable creature capable of . Gay's play , among ، the reft , has coft much time and long fuffering , to ...
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... laft will and teftament , fince in it I fhall give all I ever intend to give , ( which I'll beg your's and the ' Dean's acceptance of ) . You must look on me no more a poet , but a plain commoner , who lives upon his own , and fears and ...
... laft will and teftament , fince in it I fhall give all I ever intend to give , ( which I'll beg your's and the ' Dean's acceptance of ) . You must look on me no more a poet , but a plain commoner , who lives upon his own , and fears and ...
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... laft fummer in Devonshire , and am this winter at Mrs. Bonyer's . In the fummer I wrote ' a poem , and in the winter I have published it ; ' which I have fent to you by Dr. Elwood . In the ⚫ fummer I ate two difhes of toad - ftools of ...
... laft fummer in Devonshire , and am this winter at Mrs. Bonyer's . In the fummer I wrote ' a poem , and in the winter I have published it ; ' which I have fent to you by Dr. Elwood . In the ⚫ fummer I ate two difhes of toad - ftools of ...
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Page 205 - In order to fix its thread when it begins to weave, it emits a small drop of its liquid against the wall, which hardening by degrees, serves to hold the thread very firmly. Then receding from...
Page 67 - ... beans and bacon, and a barn-door fowl. Now his lordship is run after his cart, I have a moment left to myself to tell you that I overheard him yesterday agree with a painter for £200 to paint his country-hall with trophies of rakes, spades, prongs, &c., and other ornaments, merely to countenance his calling this place a farm...
Page 394 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 66 - As to the return of his health and vigour, were you here, you might inquire of his haymakers ; but as to his temperance, I can answer that (for one whole day ) we have had nothing for dinner but mutton broth, beans, and bacon, and a barn-door fowl.
Page 459 - In these plays almost all the characters are good, and exceedingly generous ; they are lavish enough of their Tin money on the Stage ; and though they want humour, have abundance of sentiment and feeling. If they happen to have faults or foibles, the spectator is taught not only to pardon, but to applaud them, in consideration of the goodness of their hearts ; so that Folly, instead of being ridiculed, is commended...
Page 3 - A poet, while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing in their praises. When his fame is increased by time, it is then too late to investigate the peculiarities of his disposition : the dews of the morning are past, and we vainly try to continue the chase by the meridian splendour.
Page 9 - I will come up to you, though you know how precious my time is at present ; my hours were never worth so much money before ; but perhaps you are not sensible of this, who give away your own works. You are a generous author ; I a hackney scribbler ; you...
Page 239 - ... the laughing-stock of the school. Every trick is played upon the usher; the oddity of his manners, his dress, or his language, is a fund of eternal ridicule; the master himself now and then cannot avoid joining in the laugh, and the poor wretch, eternally resenting this ill usage, seems to live in a state of war with all the family.
Page 6 - I do or not, be ever assured, you have as large a share of my thoughts and good wishes as any man, and as great a portion of gratitude in my heart, as would enrich a monarch, could he know where to find it. I...
Page 370 - I am a Dane, Swede, or Frenchman at different times ; or rather fancy myself like the old philosopher, who upon being asked what countryman he was, replied, that he was a citizen of the world.