The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and WritingsJ. Crissy, 1841 - 527 pages |
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... wish to see Ireland again ? The country is a fine one , perhaps ? No. - There are good company in Ireland ? No. - The conversation there is generally made up of a smutty toast , or a bawdy song . The vivacity supported by some humble ...
... wish to see Ireland again ? The country is a fine one , perhaps ? No. - There are good company in Ireland ? No. - The conversation there is generally made up of a smutty toast , or a bawdy song . The vivacity supported by some humble ...
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... wish that you and which I expressed a doubt as to the propriety , was she , and Lishoy and Ballymahon , and all of you , immediately blotted out . I then more earnestly would fairly make a migration into Middlesex ; pressed him not to ...
... wish that you and which I expressed a doubt as to the propriety , was she , and Lishoy and Ballymahon , and all of you , immediately blotted out . I then more earnestly would fairly make a migration into Middlesex ; pressed him not to ...
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... wish to become a member of the club , " Garrick , " says the knight , " trusted that the least intimation of a desire to come among us would procure him a ready admission ; but in this he was mistaken . Johnson consulted me upon it ...
... wish to become a member of the club , " Garrick , " says the knight , " trusted that the least intimation of a desire to come among us would procure him a ready admission ; but in this he was mistaken . Johnson consulted me upon it ...
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... wish- Literary Club was held by its own members , and the ed for some additional members to the Literary nicety that might be opposed to the admission of a Club , to give it an agreeable variety ; for ( said he ) candidate . The ...
... wish- Literary Club was held by its own members , and the ed for some additional members to the Literary nicety that might be opposed to the admission of a Club , to give it an agreeable variety ; for ( said he ) candidate . The ...
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... wish for his ac- Language , " and the last " Drapier's Letters . " " quaintance ; Dr. Nugent , Mr. Garrick , Dr. Gold- smith , Mr. ( afterwards Sir William ) Jones , and the company with whom I had dined . Upon my en- trance , Johnson ...
... wish for his ac- Language , " and the last " Drapier's Letters . " " quaintance ; Dr. Nugent , Mr. Garrick , Dr. Gold- smith , Mr. ( afterwards Sir William ) Jones , and the company with whom I had dined . Upon my en- trance , Johnson ...
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Page 152 - 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; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Page 153 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too...
Page 152 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly!
Page 153 - 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, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear; The host himself no longer shall be found Careful to see the mantling bliss go round ; Nor the coy maid, half willing to be prest, Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest.
Page 154 - E'en now, perhaps, by cold and hunger led, At proud men's doors they ask a little bread ! Ah, no ! To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Page 152 - He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered...
Page 153 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules...
Page 148 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 153 - While words of learned length, and thundering 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. But past is all his fame : the very spot, Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high...
Page 23 - 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. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.