The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: From a Variety of Original Sources, Volumen2E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1837 - 550 páginas |
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... birthplace of Swift as in some measure doubtful . To the list of writers of whom we know less than their reputation deserves , must be added GOLDSMITH . A biographical preface is all that has been hitherto awarded him , and it will ...
... birthplace of Swift as in some measure doubtful . To the list of writers of whom we know less than their reputation deserves , must be added GOLDSMITH . A biographical preface is all that has been hitherto awarded him , and it will ...
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... scarcely be contended that he is unworthy of any thing more . Such sketchy outlines of a life , much of it marked by honourable literary ambition , much of it by daily strug- gles for daily bread , and parts of it by the imprudences ...
... scarcely be contended that he is unworthy of any thing more . Such sketchy outlines of a life , much of it marked by honourable literary ambition , much of it by daily strug- gles for daily bread , and parts of it by the imprudences ...
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... scarcely one connected with his productions , had transpired for thirty years ; no one was known to possess any of his re- mains ; and in the innumerable biographies of literary men and others , published since his death , there was not ...
... scarcely one connected with his productions , had transpired for thirty years ; no one was known to possess any of his re- mains ; and in the innumerable biographies of literary men and others , published since his death , there was not ...
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... scarcely be considered serious ; no information was given of the princi- ple adopted in the selection , the place whence selected , or the certainty of the pieces so chosen being authentic ; it appeared without the sanction of any name ...
... scarcely be considered serious ; no information was given of the princi- ple adopted in the selection , the place whence selected , or the certainty of the pieces so chosen being authentic ; it appeared without the sanction of any name ...
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... scarcely conceived he was fated to perish by a second . A visiter to this spot will be tempted to believe , from the igno- rance he finds among many of the neighbouring peasantry , that little enthusiasm exists regarding the name of him ...
... scarcely conceived he was fated to perish by a second . A visiter to this spot will be tempted to believe , from the igno- rance he finds among many of the neighbouring peasantry , that little enthusiasm exists regarding the name of him ...
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Página 521 - And steady Loyalty, and faithful Love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid Still first to fly where sensual joys invade! Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Página 383 - For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.
Página 387 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
Página 276 - But when contending chiefs blockade the throne.. Contracting regal power to stretch their own ; When I behold a factious band agree To call it freedom when themselves are free ; Each wanton judge new penal statutes draw, Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law ; The wealth of climes, where savage nations roam, Pillag'd from slaves to purchase slaves at home.
Página 267 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Página 365 - Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith), when my tailor brought home my bloomcoloured coat, he said, ' Sir, I have a favour to beg of you. When any body asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water-lane.
Página 365 - Goldsmith, to divert the tedious minutes, strutted about, bragging of his dress, and I believe was seriously vain of it, for his mind was wonderfully prone to such impressions. " Come, come (said Garrick), talk no more of that. You are, perhaps, the worst — eh, eh...
Página 308 - THERE are a hundred faults in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
Página 503 - He died of a fever, exasperated, as I believe, by the fear of distress. He had raised money and squandered it, by every artifice of acquisition and folly of expense. But let not his frailties be remembered ; he was a very great man.
Página 352 - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.