The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 3J. Murray, 1854 |
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... Europe , where plays only are acted . The great care our performers take in painting for a part , their exactness in all the minutiae of dress , and other little scenical proprieties , have been taken notice of by Riccoboni , a ...
... Europe , where plays only are acted . The great care our performers take in painting for a part , their exactness in all the minutiae of dress , and other little scenical proprieties , have been taken notice of by Riccoboni , a ...
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... Europe . The romantic system of Des Cartes was adapted to the taste of the superficial and the indolent : the 1 Peter Louis Moreau de Maupertuis , born 1698 , died 27th July , 1759 . foreign universities had embraced it with ardour ...
... Europe . The romantic system of Des Cartes was adapted to the taste of the superficial and the indolent : the 1 Peter Louis Moreau de Maupertuis , born 1698 , died 27th July , 1759 . foreign universities had embraced it with ardour ...
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... Europe with their armies , and penetrated as far even as Antwerp , Bidderman was lord of a city , which time has since swept into destruction . As the inhabitants of this country were divided under separate leaders , the Saracens found ...
... Europe with their armies , and penetrated as far even as Antwerp , Bidderman was lord of a city , which time has since swept into destruction . As the inhabitants of this country were divided under separate leaders , the Saracens found ...
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... Europe , the taste was not to compose new books , but to comment on the old ones . It was not to be expected that new books should be written , when there were so many of the ancients , either not known or not understood . It was not ...
... Europe , the taste was not to compose new books , but to comment on the old ones . It was not to be expected that new books should be written , when there were so many of the ancients , either not known or not understood . It was not ...
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... Europe , and who may serve as the honour and bulwark of their aged parents ? The care of our children , is it below the state ? is it fit to indulge the caprice of the ignorant with the disposal of their children in πον . 10 , 1759 . 89 ...
... Europe , and who may serve as the honour and bulwark of their aged parents ? The care of our children , is it below the state ? is it fit to indulge the caprice of the ignorant with the disposal of their children in πον . 10 , 1759 . 89 ...
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Page 66 - GOOD people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word— From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor— Who left a pledge behind.
Page 327 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 301 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 16 - Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 181 - ... caught me by the elbow and led me out of the public walk ; I could perceive by the quickness of his pace and by his frequently looking behind that he was attempting to avoid somebody who followed. We now turned to the right, then to the left. As we went forward he still went faster, but in vain ; the person whom he attempted to escape hunted us through every doubling, and gained upon us each moment, so that at last we fairly stood still, resolving to face what we could not avoid. Our pursuer...
Page 244 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life; but that was not my chance : one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God ! I enjoy good health, and have no enemy in this world, that I know of, but the French and the justice of peace.
Page 280 - I am a Dane, Swede, or Frenchman at different times ; or rather fancy myself like the old philosopher, who upon being asked what countryman he was, replied, that he was a citizen of the world.
Page 108 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 64 - There will come a time when this temporary solitude may be made continual, and the city itself, like its inhabitants, fade away, and leave a desert in its room. What cities as great as this have once triumphed in existence, had their victories as great, joy as just and as unbounded, and with short-sighted presumption promised themselves immortality.
Page 76 - While an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance ; and when he is dead; we rate them by his best.