The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1Bradbury and Evans, 1854 - 548 pages |
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... asked or expected to do , was to write , but he wrote and paid the penalty . His existence was a continued privation . The days were few , in which he had resources for the night , or dared to look forward to the morrow . There was not ...
... asked or expected to do , was to write , but he wrote and paid the penalty . His existence was a continued privation . The days were few , in which he had resources for the night , or dared to look forward to the morrow . There was not ...
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... asked for the loan of a guinea , earnestly recommended the sale of Fiddleback , producing what he called a much better nag to ride upon which would cost neither price nor provender , in the shape of a stout oaken cudgel . His adventures ...
... asked for the loan of a guinea , earnestly recommended the sale of Fiddleback , producing what he called a much better nag to ride upon which would cost neither price nor provender , in the shape of a stout oaken cudgel . His adventures ...
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... asked his assistance in some trifling sum . It was given ; but , as his evil , or ( some might say ) his good genius would have it , he passed a florist's garden on his return , and seeing some rare and high - priced flowers which his ...
... asked his assistance in some trifling sum . It was given ; but , as his evil , or ( some might say ) his good genius would have it , he passed a florist's garden on his return , and seeing some rare and high - priced flowers which his ...
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... asked them to let him spread plaisters for them , pound in their mortars , run with their medicines : but they , too , asked him for a character , and he had none to give . * At last a chemist of the name of Jacob took compassion upon ...
... asked them to let him spread plaisters for them , pound in their mortars , run with their medicines : but they , too , asked him for a character , and he had none to give . * At last a chemist of the name of Jacob took compassion upon ...
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... asked if he meant to affront him . * Nor can we fail to recall the tone in which he afterwards alluded to this mode of life . When , two years later , he tried to persuade people that a schoolmaster was of more importance in the state ...
... asked if he meant to affront him . * Nor can we fail to recall the tone in which he afterwards alluded to this mode of life . When , two years later , he tried to persuade people that a schoolmaster was of more importance in the state ...
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Vol. 4 of 4 (Classic Reprint) John Forster No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 216 - ... 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. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 356 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Page 382 - 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 '." My next meeting...
Page 71 - 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...
Page 64 - Here passes current; paid from hand to hand, It shifts in splendid traffic round the land: From courts, to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice of praise.
Page 216 - 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 73 - 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...
Page 76 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Page 367 - 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.
Page 75 - But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign; Though poor, luxurious; though submissive, vain; Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance planning sins anew.