Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith1848 |
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... Answered by Griffiths Despair in the garret 121 Starving in the streets where Butler starved 122 . Letter to Mrs. Lauder 123 The fashionable family novel ( April ) Publication of the En- quiry into Polite Learning 165 Attacks ...
... Answered by Griffiths Despair in the garret 121 Starving in the streets where Butler starved 122 . Letter to Mrs. Lauder 123 The fashionable family novel ( April ) Publication of the En- quiry into Polite Learning 165 Attacks ...
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... answer 412 Goldsmith refuses to write for Goldsmith at the Haymarket . 413 the ministry 434 Jack and Gill 414 Hume , Lord Shelburne , and Conjuring 415 Smollett 435 Compiling 416 Reflections for a Garret 436 Engages to write a History ...
... answer 412 Goldsmith refuses to write for Goldsmith at the Haymarket . 413 the ministry 434 Jack and Gill 414 Hume , Lord Shelburne , and Conjuring 415 Smollett 435 Compiling 416 Reflections for a Garret 436 Engages to write a History ...
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... to the education of his son , prompted him to answer thus : If he has ambition , ' strong passions , and an exquisite sensibility of contempt , ' do not send him to your college , unless 16 [ BOOK I. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF.
... to the education of his son , prompted him to answer thus : If he has ambition , ' strong passions , and an exquisite sensibility of contempt , ' do not send him to your college , unless 16 [ BOOK I. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF.
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... answer , and a sad fate had fallen suddenly on his best friend . But in subsequent communication with his kinsman Hodson , he remarked that there was hardly a kingdom in Europe in which he was not a debtor ; and in Paris , if anywhere ...
... answer , and a sad fate had fallen suddenly on his best friend . But in subsequent communication with his kinsman Hodson , he remarked that there was hardly a kingdom in Europe in which he was not a debtor ; and in Paris , if anywhere ...
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... answered my ' purpose as well , and this was a skill in disputation . In ' all the foreign universities and convents there are , upon ' certain days , philosophical theses maintained against every ' adventitious disputant ; for which ...
... answered my ' purpose as well , and this was a skill in disputation . In ' all the foreign universities and convents there are , upon ' certain days , philosophical theses maintained against every ' adventitious disputant ; for which ...
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Page 184 - 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 185 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 535 - While broken tea-cups, wisely kept for show, Ranged o'er the chimney, glistened in a row. Vain transitory splendours! could not all Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall? Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's heart. Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care...
Page 468 - His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd...
Page 184 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Page 579 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend ' to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and...
Page 537 - Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy! Sure these denote one universal joy!
Page 305 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
Page 65 - I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late ; I was browbeat by the master, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys...
Page 54 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.