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... learned simplicity , his guileless wisdom , his amiable piety , and utter ignorance of the world , has been exquisitely portrayed in the worthy Dr. Primrose . Let us pause for a moment , and draw from Goldsmith's writings one or two of ...
... learned simplicity , his guileless wisdom , his amiable piety , and utter ignorance of the world , has been exquisitely portrayed in the worthy Dr. Primrose . Let us pause for a moment , and draw from Goldsmith's writings one or two of ...
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... , or tales of sorrow done , Shoulder'd his crutch , and show'd how fields were won . Pleased with his guests , the good man learned to glow , And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan , His.
... , or tales of sorrow done , Shoulder'd his crutch , and show'd how fields were won . Pleased with his guests , the good man learned to glow , And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan , His.
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... learned and distinguished career . Oliver was the second son , and seven years younger than Henry , who was the guide and protector of his childhood , and to whom he was most tenderly attached throughout life . Oliver's education began ...
... learned and distinguished career . Oliver was the second son , and seven years younger than Henry , who was the guide and protector of his childhood , and to whom he was most tenderly attached throughout life . Oliver's education began ...
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... learned length and thund'ring sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around- And still they gazed , and still the wonder grew , That one small head could carry all he knew . " There are certain whimsical traits in the character of Byrne ...
... learned length and thund'ring sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around- And still they gazed , and still the wonder grew , That one small head could carry all he knew . " There are certain whimsical traits in the character of Byrne ...
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... , especially as he accidentally learned that this intruding guest was the son of an old acquaintance . Accordingly , Goldsmith was " fooled to the top of his bent , " MISTAKES OF A NIGHT . 29 30 and permitted to 28 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... , especially as he accidentally learned that this intruding guest was the son of an old acquaintance . Accordingly , Goldsmith was " fooled to the top of his bent , " MISTAKES OF A NIGHT . 29 30 and permitted to 28 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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Page 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 21 - More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train...
Page 159 - 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.
Page 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Page 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 79 - Why, why was I born a man, and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve ! Poor houseless creatures ! the world will give you reproaches, but will not give you relief.
Page 134 - Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Page 194 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase ; the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy. I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and after having...
Page 189 - Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner; but no man alive has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin.
Page 167 - I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help: as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men: I look to the booksellers for support; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.