The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1Bradbury and Evans, 1854 - 548 pages |
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... present biography from the book written by himself ; that the whole of the original matter connected with the poet supplied in my work might have been comprised in two pages ; and that the additional seven hundred pages , * The letters ...
... present biography from the book written by himself ; that the whole of the original matter connected with the poet supplied in my work might have been comprised in two pages ; and that the additional seven hundred pages , * The letters ...
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... present book . Not only are very numerous corrections to every former publication on the subject here made , and a great many new facts brought forward , but each fact , whether new or old , is given from its first authority , and no ...
... present book . Not only are very numerous corrections to every former publication on the subject here made , and a great many new facts brought forward , but each fact , whether new or old , is given from its first authority , and no ...
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... present work , though he did so within as many weeks as I had waited years before encroaching on Mr. Prior's . But if any one had gravely assured me that the author of a book published twelve years , and which , with no encouragement ...
... present work , though he did so within as many weeks as I had waited years before encroaching on Mr. Prior's . But if any one had gravely assured me that the author of a book published twelve years , and which , with no encouragement ...
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... present edition . Were I to attempt so to distinguish the new matter introduced having relation to the time , and filling up the picture I seek to present of Goldsmith's associates and friends , it would involve a specification of ...
... present edition . Were I to attempt so to distinguish the new matter introduced having relation to the time , and filling up the picture I seek to present of Goldsmith's associates and friends , it would involve a specification of ...
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... present hour ? " When at Lyons I thought all happiness lay beyond the Alps ; when in Italy , I found " myself still in want of something , and expected to leave solicitude behind me by " going into Romelia ; and now you find me turning ...
... present hour ? " When at Lyons I thought all happiness lay beyond the Alps ; when in Italy , I found " myself still in want of something , and expected to leave solicitude behind me by " going into Romelia ; and now you find me turning ...
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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.