Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith1848 |
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... literature to his good - natured uncle , writing new verses to please him ( alleged copies of which are not sufficiently authentic to be quoted ) , and joining his flute to Miss Con- tarine's harpsichord . There was a sort of cold ...
... literature to his good - natured uncle , writing new verses to please him ( alleged copies of which are not sufficiently authentic to be quoted ) , and joining his flute to Miss Con- tarine's harpsichord . There was a sort of cold ...
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... literature , other sources having failed , had given great fame and high worldly station . On the death of his father , Holberg had found himself involved in all that distress which is com- ' mon among the poor , and of which the great ...
... literature , other sources having failed , had given great fame and high worldly station . On the death of his father , Holberg had found himself involved in all that distress which is com- ' mon among the poor , and of which the great ...
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... literature , and its fame , and its awe- inspiring professors ; would not be near Les Delices with- out finding easy passage to its illustrious owner . By what- ever chance or design , there at any rate he seems to have been . A large ...
... literature , and its fame , and its awe- inspiring professors ; would not be near Les Delices with- out finding easy passage to its illustrious owner . By what- ever chance or design , there at any rate he seems to have been . A large ...
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... chief literary ornament , great poet of the day , the author of the Night Thoughts ; sees hope in Literature once more . He begins a tragedy . With what modest expectation ;. 1728 TO 1757. ] 61 OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Samuel.
... chief literary ornament , great poet of the day , the author of the Night Thoughts ; sees hope in Literature once more . He begins a tragedy . With what modest expectation ;. 1728 TO 1757. ] 61 OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Samuel.
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... literature , hailed the antiqua mater ' of Grub Street with reverence . I thought it my glory ' to pursue a track which Dryden and Otway trod before ' me . ' The difference of fact and fiction here will be , that glory had nothing to do ...
... literature , hailed the antiqua mater ' of Grub Street with reverence . I thought it my glory ' to pursue a track which Dryden and Otway trod before ' me . ' The difference of fact and fiction here will be , that glory had nothing to do ...
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Page 184 - 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 185 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but 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.
Page 535 - While broken tea-cups, wisely kept for show, Ranged o'er the chimney, glistened in a row. Vain transitory splendours! could not all Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall? Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart An hour's importance to the poor man's heart. Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care...
Page 468 - His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain ; The long-remember'd beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd...
Page 184 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Page 579 - 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 537 - 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!
Page 305 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. 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.
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 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.