The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: From a Variety of Original Sources, Volumen2J. Murray, 1837 |
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... Doctor Boyce , the eminent musician , by whom he had been either promised , or led to expect , it would be set to music , and whose com- positions in this way enjoyed a just celebrity . Whatever ground there may have been for this ...
... Doctor Boyce , the eminent musician , by whom he had been either promised , or led to expect , it would be set to music , and whose com- positions in this way enjoyed a just celebrity . Whatever ground there may have been for this ...
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... Doctor to Dodsley , Oct. 31st , 1764 , for ten guineas , and Newbery was to have the option of a share in it . It is now setting to music by an eminent composer , and great expectations are formed of its success . One of the songs be ...
... Doctor to Dodsley , Oct. 31st , 1764 , for ten guineas , and Newbery was to have the option of a share in it . It is now setting to music by an eminent composer , and great expectations are formed of its success . One of the songs be ...
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... Doctor's are still in MSS . in the hands of various people . The late Mr. Wright the printer who had been apprenticed to or in the service of Mr. Hamilton at a time when Goldsmith composed numerous essays for magazines , articles for ...
... Doctor's are still in MSS . in the hands of various people . The late Mr. Wright the printer who had been apprenticed to or in the service of Mr. Hamilton at a time when Goldsmith composed numerous essays for magazines , articles for ...
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... Doctor had much admired in manuscript , and has finely improved . " A portion of the remark in this note is incorrect , so far as stating that the plan of the hermit is de- rived from the Gentle Herdsman . On reference * This misnomer ...
... Doctor had much admired in manuscript , and has finely improved . " A portion of the remark in this note is incorrect , so far as stating that the plan of the hermit is de- rived from the Gentle Herdsman . On reference * This misnomer ...
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... Doctor acquaints us , that the different Essays which compose this volume have appeared at different times and in different publications . " * The papers now reproduced were twenty - seven in number . The first , second , third , fifth ...
... Doctor acquaints us , that the different Essays which compose this volume have appeared at different times and in different publications . " * The papers now reproduced were twenty - seven in number . The first , second , third , fifth ...
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Página 263 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Página 244 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.
Página 274 - 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 266 - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. 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...
Página 30 - 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 81 - Twas Edwin's self that prest ! " Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Restored to love and thee ! " Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign : And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine ? " No, never from this hour to part, Well live and love so true ; The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Página 113 - 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 205 - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.
Página 313 - But, hang it ! to poets who seldom can eat Your very good mutton's a very good treat ; Such dainties to them their health it might hurt ; It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Página 168 - With cool submission joins the lab'ring train, And social sorrow loses half its pain : Our anxious bard, without complaint, may share This bustling season's epidemic care, Like...