The Life and Times of Oliver GoldsmithBradbury and Evans, 1855 - 472 pages |
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... history of literature . * Briefly , Mr. Prior's charge against me was this . That I had taken all the facts relating to Goldsmith contained in the pre- sent biography from the book written by himself ; that the whole of the original ...
... history of literature . * Briefly , Mr. Prior's charge against me was this . That I had taken all the facts relating to Goldsmith contained in the pre- sent biography from the book written by himself ; that the whole of the original ...
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... history except by a mastery of execution unapproached by competitors . He only may hope to have possessed himself of a subject , who has exhausted it ; or to have established his originality in dealing with facts , who has so happily ...
... history except by a mastery of execution unapproached by competitors . He only may hope to have possessed himself of a subject , who has exhausted it ; or to have established his originality in dealing with facts , who has so happily ...
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... history 168 Memorialising Lord Bute 168 At work on the Vicar of Wake- field 169 At dinner with Tom Davies 170 rities James Boswell 170 Miss Williams Sayings and doings in Lon- don 170 Boswell and the Cow 171 A strange dispenser of fame ...
... history 168 Memorialising Lord Bute 168 At work on the Vicar of Wake- field 169 At dinner with Tom Davies 170 rities James Boswell 170 Miss Williams Sayings and doings in Lon- don 170 Boswell and the Cow 171 A strange dispenser of fame ...
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... historical family picture 237 1765 . Robert Nugent 219 The wisdom of simpleness . 238 Et . 37. His three wives 219 A fire - side scene 239 The Grenville ministry 220 Passages expunged 239 Taxation of America 220 Fall of Grenville 221 ...
... historical family picture 237 1765 . Robert Nugent 219 The wisdom of simpleness . 238 Et . 37. His three wives 219 A fire - side scene 239 The Grenville ministry 220 Passages expunged 239 Taxation of America 220 Fall of Grenville 221 ...
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... History 269 Lectureship on Civil Law 270 Humble clubs At the Devil , the Bedford , and Goldsmith compiling Newbery's last illness CHAPTER XVI . 1767 . THEATRES ROYAL COVENT - GARDEN AND DRURY - LANE . ( 6th Jan. ) Borrows one - pound ...
... History 269 Lectureship on Civil Law 270 Humble clubs At the Devil , the Bedford , and Goldsmith compiling Newbery's last illness CHAPTER XVI . 1767 . THEATRES ROYAL COVENT - GARDEN AND DRURY - LANE . ( 6th Jan. ) Borrows one - pound ...
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Page 343 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs, — and God has given my share, — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 125 - Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Page 390 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...
Page 41 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed...
Page 451 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless and grand; His manners were gentle, complying and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Page 297 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Page 343 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear...
Page 125 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any...
Page 297 - 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 193 - The wretch condemn'd with life to part Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.