The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Life. Vicar of Wakefield. Essays. LettersG. Bell and sons, 1884 |
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... passions , whose system of dis- cipline appears to have been unnecessarily rigorous , and , in the case of Goldsmith , singularly injudicious . Upon one occasion , this gentleman thought proper to inflict corporal punishment on his ...
... passions , whose system of dis- cipline appears to have been unnecessarily rigorous , and , in the case of Goldsmith , singularly injudicious . Upon one occasion , this gentleman thought proper to inflict corporal punishment on his ...
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... passion which was with him too vague and general to admit of any specific plan , or even definite object , but which he never failed to manifest when- ever an occasion offered . He had been received into the family of a neighbouring ...
... passion which was with him too vague and general to admit of any specific plan , or even definite object , but which he never failed to manifest when- ever an occasion offered . He had been received into the family of a neighbouring ...
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... passion for travelling never failed to return , though , one would have thought , with the worst possible prospect of being gratified . The expense of travelling did not , however , present so insuper- able an obstacle to Goldsmith , as ...
... passion for travelling never failed to return , though , one would have thought , with the worst possible prospect of being gratified . The expense of travelling did not , however , present so insuper- able an obstacle to Goldsmith , as ...
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... passion for wander- ing was the real motive , and its gratification the sole aim , of his excursion ; at least , it does not appear that from his pedestrian tour through Flanders , France , Switzerland , Italy , and part of Germany , he ...
... passion for wander- ing was the real motive , and its gratification the sole aim , of his excursion ; at least , it does not appear that from his pedestrian tour through Flanders , France , Switzerland , Italy , and part of Germany , he ...
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... 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 cork into the bottle , desired he would be calm , and began to talk to him of the means by which he might ...
... 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 cork into the bottle , desired he would be calm , and began to talk to him of the means by which he might ...
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Page 71 - I WAS ever of opinion that the honest man, who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
Page 366 - To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 140 - The wondering neighbors ran, And swore the dog had lost his wits, To bite so good a man. The wound it seem'd both sore and sad To every Christian eye; And while they swore the dog was mad, They swore the man would die. But soon a wonder came to light, That show'd the rogues they lied: The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that died.
Page 20 - 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...
Page 139 - Good people all, of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you find it wondrous short, It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel...
Page 45 - No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.