The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Life. Vicar of Wakefield. Essays. LettersG. Bell and sons, 1884 |
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... seen the world . Without money , recommen- dations , or friends , he undertook to set out upon his travels , and make the tour of Europe on foot . A good voice , and a trifling skill in music , were the only finances he had to support ...
... seen the world . Without money , recommen- dations , or friends , he undertook to set out upon his travels , and make the tour of Europe on foot . A good voice , and a trifling skill in music , were the only finances he had to support ...
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... seen him do it , he never could have believed his friend capable of writing music after him . " - HAWKINS's Life of Johnson , 1787 , p . 417. [ The latest Life of Roubiliac ( Sainte Croix , 1882 ) , makes no mention of this.-ED. ] 2 See ...
... seen him do it , he never could have believed his friend capable of writing music after him . " - HAWKINS's Life of Johnson , 1787 , p . 417. [ The latest Life of Roubiliac ( Sainte Croix , 1882 ) , makes no mention of this.-ED. ] 2 See ...
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... seen him do it . Sir , had he shown it to any one friend , he would not have been allowed to publish it . He has , indeed , done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well done . I suppose he has been so much elated with the success ...
... seen him do it . Sir , had he shown it to any one friend , he would not have been allowed to publish it . He has , indeed , done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well done . I suppose he has been so much elated with the success ...
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... seen too much of mankind to be easily imposed upon . In a letter to his brother Henry , written about the year 1759 , he says , “ I have passed my days among a parcel of cool designing beings , and have contracted all their suspicious ...
... seen too much of mankind to be easily imposed upon . In a letter to his brother Henry , written about the year 1759 , he says , “ I have passed my days among a parcel of cool designing beings , and have contracted all their suspicious ...
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... seen : 2 The admirable ease and grace of the narrative , as well as the pleasing truth with which the principal characters are designed , make the ' Vicar of Wake- field ' one of the most delicious morsels of fictitious composition on ...
... seen : 2 The admirable ease and grace of the narrative , as well as the pleasing truth with which the principal characters are designed , make the ' Vicar of Wake- field ' one of the most delicious morsels of fictitious composition on ...
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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.