The life and adventures of Oliver GoldsmithBradbury & Evans, 1848 - 704 pages |
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... reason from men of learning and virtue : ' that youths acquiring ' the liberal arts should at the same time be treated as ' slaves ; at once studying freedom and practising servitude . ' To this contradiction he is now himself doomed ...
... reason from men of learning and virtue : ' that youths acquiring ' the liberal arts should at the same time be treated as ' slaves ; at once studying freedom and practising servitude . ' To this contradiction he is now himself doomed ...
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... 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 ! The comfort of seeing it must have been about all the comfort . At this moment , there is ...
... 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 ! The comfort of seeing it must have been about all the comfort . At this moment , there is ...
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... reason , was it understood to refer to the Peckham discomforts , when he talked of the poor usher obliged to sleep in the same bed with the French teacher , who ' disturbs him for an hour every night in papering and ' filleting his hair ...
... reason , was it understood to refer to the Peckham discomforts , when he talked of the poor usher obliged to sleep in the same bed with the French teacher , who ' disturbs him for an hour every night in papering and ' filleting his hair ...
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... more wise than he was good , but he had too much reason to complain , which he was always doing , of a general want of earnestness and seriousness in his age . His larger schemes of 90 [ BOOK II . 00 LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF.
... more wise than he was good , but he had too much reason to complain , which he was always doing , of a general want of earnestness and seriousness in his age . His larger schemes of 90 [ BOOK II . 00 LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF.
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... reason have been added , the poor monthly critic of The Dunciad . With this Number of the Review , completing the fifth month of his engagement , his labours suddenly closed . The circumstances were never clearly explained ; but that a ...
... reason have been added , the poor monthly critic of The Dunciad . With this Number of the Review , completing the fifth month of his engagement , his labours suddenly closed . The circumstances were never clearly explained ; but that a ...
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The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books John Forster No preview available - 2014 |
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Page 188 - 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 543 - And pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Page 473 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven...
Page 540 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 472 - Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Page 585 - 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 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.
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 543 - 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 ! Are these thy serious thoughts?
Page 541 - 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 pond'rous strength, and lean to hear...