The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 1Galignani & Didot, 1825 |
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... criticism on the performance . The name and subject of the tragedy have un- fortunately escaped my memory , neither do I recollect , with exactness , how much he had written , though I am inclined to believe that he had not completed ...
... criticism on the performance . The name and subject of the tragedy have un- fortunately escaped my memory , neither do I recollect , with exactness , how much he had written , though I am inclined to believe that he had not completed ...
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... criticisms in the newspapers and reviews , all of which were read with avidity by the public , and commended by the learned . His connexions with literary characters became consequently still more extended , and his literary prospects ...
... criticisms in the newspapers and reviews , all of which were read with avidity by the public , and commended by the learned . His connexions with literary characters became consequently still more extended , and his literary prospects ...
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... criticism , and from the more prevalent divisions of opinion influenced by party , the strongest and hap- piest efforts can expect to please but in a very narrow circle . » A short time , however , proved to our author how fallacious ...
... criticism , and from the more prevalent divisions of opinion influenced by party , the strongest and hap- piest efforts can expect to please but in a very narrow circle . » A short time , however , proved to our author how fallacious ...
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... criticism , and the " Essay on Man " was placed at the head of didactic poetry . The fame of Goldsmith was now firmly established ; and he had the satisfaction to find , that it did not merely rest on the authority of the million , for ...
... criticism , and the " Essay on Man " was placed at the head of didactic poetry . The fame of Goldsmith was now firmly established ; and he had the satisfaction to find , that it did not merely rest on the authority of the million , for ...
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... criticism , before publication , were divided in opinion as to the probability of its success ; and it is still more singular that Dr Johnson himself should have entertained doubts on the subject . It has been asserted , that the ...
... criticism , before publication , were divided in opinion as to the probability of its success ; and it is still more singular that Dr Johnson himself should have entertained doubts on the subject . It has been asserted , that the ...
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Page liv - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 40 - Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page iii - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page xcii - 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...
Page 152 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Page lxxiii - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. And there, forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die: 'Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.
Page cvi - BY inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.
Page lxxix - I'll make Goldsmith forgive me;" and then •called to him in a loud voice, " Dr. Goldsmith, — something passed to-day where you and I dined: I ask your pardon." Goldsmith answered placidly, " It must be much from you, sir, that I take ill.
Page lxxxviii - 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 102 - This person was no other than the philanthropic bookseller in St. Paul's Churchyard, who has written so many little books for children : he called himself their friend; but he was the friend of all mankind. He was no sooner alighted, but he was in haste to be gone; for he was ever on business of the utmost importance, and was at that time actually compiling materials for the history of on