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... nature of Goldsmith , of the Irish temperament which he derived from his pa- rents , his training , and his early associates , and of the taste in composition which he derived from the study of books , has dissi - him the situation of ...
... nature of Goldsmith , of the Irish temperament which he derived from his pa- rents , his training , and his early associates , and of the taste in composition which he derived from the study of books , has dissi - him the situation of ...
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... nature itself . In short , I have thought myself into a settled melancholy , and an utter disgust of all that life brings with it . " It was through the very excess of the darkness which had gathered around him that he worked his way ...
... nature itself . In short , I have thought myself into a settled melancholy , and an utter disgust of all that life brings with it . " It was through the very excess of the darkness which had gathered around him that he worked his way ...
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... Nature " flowed from his pen with such facility , that , accord- ing to Bishop Percy , he had seldom occasion to correct a single word . " Ah , " said he to Mr. Cradock , who was anxiously weighing phrases , " think of me who must write ...
... Nature " flowed from his pen with such facility , that , accord- ing to Bishop Percy , he had seldom occasion to correct a single word . " Ah , " said he to Mr. Cradock , who was anxiously weighing phrases , " think of me who must write ...
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... nature in the different countries of Europe , and in the almost unvarying ele- gance , and often the exquisite felicity of the language in which these particulars are em- bodied . Many single lines are unsurpassed for gentle beauty of ...
... nature in the different countries of Europe , and in the almost unvarying ele- gance , and often the exquisite felicity of the language in which these particulars are em- bodied . Many single lines are unsurpassed for gentle beauty of ...
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... nature , how- ever , which he describes , is what lies chiefly upon the surface . He did not attempt to sound the depths of the heart , which is the faculty that Johnson valued most in a novel- ist , and the want of it in Goldsmith was ...
... nature , how- ever , which he describes , is what lies chiefly upon the surface . He did not attempt to sound the depths of the heart , which is the faculty that Johnson valued most in a novel- ist , and the want of it in Goldsmith was ...
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Página 148 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Página 334 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 153 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
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Página 153 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Página 149 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Página 152 - ... of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one. but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience.
Página 105 - Or, in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear ! Hip.
Página 19 - The king has lately been pleased to make me Professor of Ancient History in a royal Academy of Painting, which he has just established, but there is no salary annexed ; and I took it rather as a compliment to the institution than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt.
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