The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Life. Vicar of Wakefield. Essays. LettersG. Bell and sons, 1884 |
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... Lady's Magazine ; he also published the ' Bee , ' a weekly essay , or rather magazine in miniature , which was soon after discontinued from want of encouragement , though its merit deserved a very different reception ; and he ...
... Lady's Magazine ; he also published the ' Bee , ' a weekly essay , or rather magazine in miniature , which was soon after discontinued from want of encouragement , though its merit deserved a very different reception ; and he ...
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... Ladies , Devotional , Moral , and Entertaining , ' does not contain anything by Prior . It may be a question , whether the wit of Prior's bagatelle so counterbalances its in- decency , as to excuse its insertion in any collection ; but ...
... Ladies , Devotional , Moral , and Entertaining , ' does not contain anything by Prior . It may be a question , whether the wit of Prior's bagatelle so counterbalances its in- decency , as to excuse its insertion in any collection ; but ...
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... ladies ( the Miss Hornecks and their mother ) to Paris , in 1770 . 4 This letter was first published in Colman's Posthumous Letters , 1820 , p . 180. Its date would be about the middle of January , 1773.-ED. 5 Mr. William Whitehead ...
... ladies ( the Miss Hornecks and their mother ) to Paris , in 1770 . 4 This letter was first published in Colman's Posthumous Letters , 1820 , p . 180. Its date would be about the middle of January , 1773.-ED. 5 Mr. William Whitehead ...
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... lady of his ac- quaintance , Miss H- Evans , who was in all probability ignorant of the whole affair , stooped behind the counter for a file of the paper , when the Doctor's friend pointed to the broad shoulders of the publisher as a ...
... lady of his ac- quaintance , Miss H- Evans , who was in all probability ignorant of the whole affair , stooped behind the counter for a file of the paper , when the Doctor's friend pointed to the broad shoulders of the publisher as a ...
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... lady , while confirming the circumstances narrated , shows , what most persons will have imagined was the case , that Goldsmith's remark was simply a pleasantry intended for the amusement of the ladies . - ED . But his love of praise ...
... lady , while confirming the circumstances narrated , shows , what most persons will have imagined was the case , that Goldsmith's remark was simply a pleasantry intended for the amusement of the ladies . - ED . But his love of praise ...
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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.