The Life and Times of Oliver GoldsmithBradbury and Evans, 1855 - 472 pages |
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... things not understood 358 Outrunning the constable 358 Looking like a fool in a silk coat 858 A leap at Versailles . € 358 English and French parrots 359 Death of Goldsmith's mother . 359 Half - mourning . 359 Formidable guests 338 ...
... things not understood 358 Outrunning the constable 358 Looking like a fool in a silk coat 858 A leap at Versailles . € 358 English and French parrots 359 Death of Goldsmith's mother . 359 Half - mourning . 359 Formidable guests 338 ...
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... things may stand for more than quickness of repartee ; for it is even possible that the secret might be found in them , of much that has been too harshly condemned for egregious vanity . Such a failing in Goldsmith , at any rate , had a ...
... things may stand for more than quickness of repartee ; for it is even possible that the secret might be found in them , of much that has been too harshly condemned for egregious vanity . Such a failing in Goldsmith , at any rate , had a ...
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... thing exacted of a sizar , in those days , was to give proof of classical attainments . He was to show himself , to a certain reasonable extent , a good scholar ; in return for which , being clad in a black gown of coarse stuff without ...
... thing exacted of a sizar , in those days , was to give proof of classical attainments . He was to show himself , to a certain reasonable extent , a good scholar ; in return for which , being clad in a black gown of coarse stuff without ...
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... things as examples of conduct . " Sensibility is not Benevolence ; nor will this kind of agonised sympathy with distress , even when graced by that active self - denial of which there is here little proof , supply the solid duties or ...
... things as examples of conduct . " Sensibility is not Benevolence ; nor will this kind of agonised sympathy with distress , even when graced by that active self - denial of which there is here little proof , supply the solid duties or ...
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... things are in nature's charge , and may be left exclusively to her . Nature asks help and culture in all things ; and will even yield to their solicitation , what would otherwise lie utterly unknown . It was an acute remark of ...
... things are in nature's charge , and may be left exclusively to her . Nature asks help and culture in all things ; and will even yield to their solicitation , what would otherwise lie utterly unknown . It was an acute remark of ...
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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.