The Life and Times of Oliver GoldsmithBradbury and Evans, 1855 - 472 pages |
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... later page ( 96-98 ) ; and at pp . 328-330 , an admirable letter is in like manner copied , and not even correctly copied , from the same mal - treated book ( 92-94 ) . At p . 309 an anecdote is given from an earlier volume of the ...
... later page ( 96-98 ) ; and at pp . 328-330 , an admirable letter is in like manner copied , and not even correctly copied , from the same mal - treated book ( 92-94 ) . At p . 309 an anecdote is given from an earlier volume of the ...
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... later and an earlier number than those in which Cooke wrote ( lv . 443. and xix . 94 ) , are silently taken in the same way ; at p . 465-466 , a curious trait given as " mentioned by Malone " might as well have been given as copied from ...
... later and an earlier number than those in which Cooke wrote ( lv . 443. and xix . 94 ) , are silently taken in the same way ; at p . 465-466 , a curious trait given as " mentioned by Malone " might as well have been given as copied from ...
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... later style are to be traced in even the letters of his youth , and his sister expressly tells us that he not only began to scribble verses when he could scarcely write , but otherwise showed a fondness for books and learning , and what ...
... later style are to be traced in even the letters of his youth , and his sister expressly tells us that he not only began to scribble verses when he could scarcely write , but otherwise showed a fondness for books and learning , and what ...
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... later . But not till a man becomes famous is it to be expected that any wonderful feats of memory should be performed respecting him ; and it seems tolerably evident that , with the exception of perhaps Bryanton and Beatty , not one ...
... later . But not till a man becomes famous is it to be expected that any wonderful feats of memory should be performed respecting him ; and it seems tolerably evident that , with the exception of perhaps Bryanton and Beatty , not one ...
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... later years , affected himself singly ; but how many they are whom such suffering , and such idleness , would have wholly and for ever corrupted . The spirit hardly less generous , cheerful , or self - supported than Goldsmith's , has ...
... later years , affected himself singly ; but how many they are whom such suffering , and such idleness , would have wholly and for ever corrupted . The spirit hardly less generous , cheerful , or self - supported than Goldsmith's , has ...
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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.