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... party in the country , and my friend the captain never inquired after me , but set sail with as much indifference as if I had been on board . The remainder of my time I employed in the city and its envi- rons , viewing every thing ...
... party in the country , and my friend the captain never inquired after me , but set sail with as much indifference as if I had been on board . The remainder of my time I employed in the city and its envi- rons , viewing every thing ...
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... party to the play . The moment the proposition had bolted from his lips , his heart was in his throat . " To my great though secret joy , " said he , " they all declined the challenge . Had it been accepted , and had I proved the loser ...
... party to the play . The moment the proposition had bolted from his lips , his heart was in his throat . " To my great though secret joy , " said he , " they all declined the challenge . Had it been accepted , and had I proved the loser ...
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... and took the whole convivial party prisoners . It seems that the agreeable companions with whom our green- horn had struck up such a sudden intimacy , were Scotchmen in SKETCHES OF HOLLAND . 67 the French service , who 66 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... and took the whole convivial party prisoners . It seems that the agreeable companions with whom our green- horn had struck up such a sudden intimacy , were Scotchmen in SKETCHES OF HOLLAND . 67 the French service , who 66 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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... party , and who being unacquainted with the language or authors of the country he undertook to condemn , with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both . Diderot , who liked the English , and knew something of their literary preten ...
... party , and who being unacquainted with the language or authors of the country he undertook to condemn , with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both . Diderot , who liked the English , and knew something of their literary preten ...
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... parties were never really friends afterward , and the writings of Goldsmith were harshly and unjustly treated in the Monthly Review . We have given the preceding anecdote in detail , as furnishing one of the many instances in which ...
... parties were never really friends afterward , and the writings of Goldsmith were harshly and unjustly treated in the Monthly Review . We have given the preceding anecdote in detail , as furnishing one of the many instances in which ...
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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.