The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 1Galignani & Didot, 1825 |
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Page xvii
... letter , without date , to his generous uncle Con- tarine . << Some time after the receipt of your last , I embarked for Bor- deaux , on board a Scotch ship , called the St Andrew , Captain John Wall , master . The ship made a tolerable ...
... letter , without date , to his generous uncle Con- tarine . << Some time after the receipt of your last , I embarked for Bor- deaux , on board a Scotch ship , called the St Andrew , Captain John Wall , master . The ship made a tolerable ...
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... letter to amuse his friends with a whimsical account of the costume and manners of the Hol- landers ; which we also extract for the entertainment of the reader . « You may expect some account of this country ; and though I am not well ...
... letter to amuse his friends with a whimsical account of the costume and manners of the Hol- landers ; which we also extract for the entertainment of the reader . « You may expect some account of this country ; and though I am not well ...
Page xx
... letters of Goldsmith to his uncle , Gaubius is the only professor of whose talents he gives a favourable opinion . Of all the other professors he seems to have formed rather a contemptuous esti- mate ; and with regard to the inhabitants ...
... letters of Goldsmith to his uncle , Gaubius is the only professor of whose talents he gives a favourable opinion . Of all the other professors he seems to have formed rather a contemptuous esti- mate ; and with regard to the inhabitants ...
Page xxvi
... letters , he found himself << without friend , recommendation , money , or impudence ; » and , contrary to his usual habits , began to be filled with the gloomiest apprehensions . There was not a moment to be lost , therefore , in ...
... letters , he found himself << without friend , recommendation , money , or impudence ; » and , contrary to his usual habits , began to be filled with the gloomiest apprehensions . There was not a moment to be lost , therefore , in ...
Page xxvii
... letter of inquiry from the schoolmaster , to which it was hoped he would be so good as re- turn a favourable answer . It appears that Dr Radcliff promptly complied with this request , for Goldsmith immediately obtained the situation ...
... letter of inquiry from the schoolmaster , to which it was hoped he would be so good as re- turn a favourable answer . It appears that Dr Radcliff promptly complied with this request , for Goldsmith immediately obtained the situation ...
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Page liv - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 40 - Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page iii - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page xcii - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 152 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Page lxxiii - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. And there, forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die: 'Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.
Page cvi - BY inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.
Page lxxix - I'll make Goldsmith forgive me;" and then •called to him in a loud voice, " Dr. Goldsmith, — something passed to-day where you and I dined: I ask your pardon." Goldsmith answered placidly, " It must be much from you, sir, that I take ill.
Page lxxxviii - Ah, no. To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Page 102 - This person was no other than the philanthropic bookseller in St. Paul's Churchyard, who has written so many little books for children : he called himself their friend; but he was the friend of all mankind. He was no sooner alighted, but he was in haste to be gone; for he was ever on business of the utmost importance, and was at that time actually compiling materials for the history of on