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... humor , blending so happily with good feeling and good sense , and singu larly dashed at times with a pleasing melancholy ; even the very nature of his mellow , and flowing , and softly - tinted style , all seem to bespeak his moral as ...
... humor , blending so happily with good feeling and good sense , and singu larly dashed at times with a pleasing melancholy ; even the very nature of his mellow , and flowing , and softly - tinted style , all seem to bespeak his moral as ...
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... humor with ourselves and with the world , and in so doing they make us happier and better men . An acquaintance with the private biography of Goldsmith lets us into the secret of his gifted pages . We there discover them to be little ...
... humor with ourselves and with the world , and in so doing they make us happier and better men . An acquaintance with the private biography of Goldsmith lets us into the secret of his gifted pages . We there discover them to be little ...
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... humor , rendered him a general favorite , and a trifling incident soon in- duced his uncle's family to concur in his mother's opinion of his genius . A number of young folks had assembled at his uncle's to dance . One of the company ...
... humor , rendered him a general favorite , and a trifling incident soon in- duced his uncle's family to concur in his mother's opinion of his genius . A number of young folks had assembled at his uncle's to dance . One of the company ...
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... humor , determined to indulge it , especially as he accidentally learned that this intruding guest was the son of an old acquaintance . Accordingly , Goldsmith was " fooled to the top of his bent , " MISTAKES OF A NIGHT . 29 30 and ...
... humor , determined to indulge it , especially as he accidentally learned that this intruding guest was the son of an old acquaintance . Accordingly , Goldsmith was " fooled to the top of his bent , " MISTAKES OF A NIGHT . 29 30 and ...
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... humor , and even sometimes of fun , " said he , " from my childhood . " He sang a good song , was a boon companion , and could not resist any tempta- tion to social enjoyment . He endeavored to persuade himself that learning and dulness ...
... humor , and even sometimes of fun , " said he , " from my childhood . " He sang a good song , was a boon companion , and could not resist any tempta- tion to social enjoyment . He endeavored to persuade himself that learning and dulness ...
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Página 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
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Página 159 - 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.
Página 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Página 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 79 - Why, why was I born a man, and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve ! Poor houseless creatures ! the world will give you reproaches, but will not give you relief.
Página 134 - Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Página 194 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase ; the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy. I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and after having...
Página 189 - Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner; but no man alive has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin.
Página 167 - I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help: as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men: I look to the booksellers for support; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.