The Life and Times of Oliver GoldsmithBradbury and Evans, 1855 - 472 pages |
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... politics , of this fragment of the eighteenth century , still the object has strictly been to show in more vivid lights from each , the central figure of Goldsmith himself , not exaggerated , not unduly exalted , but with all that there ...
... politics , of this fragment of the eighteenth century , still the object has strictly been to show in more vivid lights from each , the central figure of Goldsmith himself , not exaggerated , not unduly exalted , but with all that there ...
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... politics 251 Gratitude of politics to litera- ture Christopher Anstey 269 269 Success of Goldsmith's Letters . 269 Tom Davies proposes a Roman History 269 Lectureship on Civil Law 270 Humble clubs At the Devil , the Bedford , and ...
... politics 251 Gratitude of politics to litera- ture Christopher Anstey 269 269 Success of Goldsmith's Letters . 269 Tom Davies proposes a Roman History 269 Lectureship on Civil Law 270 Humble clubs At the Devil , the Bedford , and ...
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... politics 305 Mr. Washington Irving and the Jessamy Bride 322 Depopulation in England and Burke's guardianship . 322 Ireland 305 " This is a poem " 322 Conversation Cooke 305 Reynolds and Angelica Kauff- A Shoemaker's Holiday 306 man ...
... politics 305 Mr. Washington Irving and the Jessamy Bride 322 Depopulation in England and Burke's guardianship . 322 Ireland 305 " This is a poem " 322 Conversation Cooke 305 Reynolds and Angelica Kauff- A Shoemaker's Holiday 306 man ...
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... political pamphlets , unaccepted challenge to Wilkes , and general party exertions , made a noise in the world twenty or thirty years later . But not till a man becomes famous is it to be expected that any wonderful feats of memory ...
... political pamphlets , unaccepted challenge to Wilkes , and general party exertions , made a noise in the world twenty or thirty years later . But not till a man becomes famous is it to be expected that any wonderful feats of memory ...
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... political charge . Bound for Leyden , and his purpose to interpose Paris for some reason or other laid aside , with charac- teristic carelessness or oddity he had secured his passage in a ship bound for Bourdeaux ; but , taken for a ...
... political charge . Bound for Leyden , and his purpose to interpose Paris for some reason or other laid aside , with charac- teristic carelessness or oddity he had secured his passage in a ship bound for Bourdeaux ; but , taken for a ...
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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.