The miscellaneous works of OLiver Goldsmith [ed. by S. Rose].1812 |
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... gave notice of the approach of a visitant . This was a neighbouring gentleman of a very engaging aspect ; to whom , as if nothing had happened , our traveller was presented as the very ingenious young friend who had been mentioned to ...
... gave notice of the approach of a visitant . This was a neighbouring gentleman of a very engaging aspect ; to whom , as if nothing had happened , our traveller was presented as the very ingenious young friend who had been mentioned to ...
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... gave an imaginary one to ob- jects really at rest . No alterations there . Some friends , he tells me , are still lean but very rich : others very fat , but still very poor . Nay all the news I hear from you , is that you sally out in ...
... gave an imaginary one to ob- jects really at rest . No alterations there . Some friends , he tells me , are still lean but very rich : others very fat , but still very poor . Nay all the news I hear from you , is that you sally out in ...
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... gave ; and in general , take the word of a man who has seen the world , and has studied human nature more by experience than pre- cept take my word for it , I say , that books teach us very little of the world . a state of poverty would ...
... gave ; and in general , take the word of a man who has seen the world , and has studied human nature more by experience than pre- cept take my word for it , I say , that books teach us very little of the world . a state of poverty would ...
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... gave me , I think he said , 601. for the copy , and had I made it ever so perfect or correct , I should not have had a shilling more . When he first took up his residence in that court , our author was not personally acquainted with ...
... gave me , I think he said , 601. for the copy , and had I made it ever so perfect or correct , I should not have had a shilling more . When he first took up his residence in that court , our author was not personally acquainted with ...
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... gave such an admirable dis- play of the subject , which he rendered so extremely interesting and captivating , that both himself and the booksellers were induced by it to engage him in his larger work of the " History of the Earth and ...
... gave such an admirable dis- play of the subject , which he rendered so extremely interesting and captivating , that both himself and the booksellers were induced by it to engage him in his larger work of the " History of the Earth and ...
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Página 141 - 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.
Página 108 - I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late ; I was brow-beat by the master, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad.
Página 26 - tis certain, handsome women here ; and 'tis as certain, they have handsome men to keep them company. An ugly and a poor man is society only for himself ; and such society the world lets me enjoy in great abundance. Fortune has given you circumstances, and Nature a person to look charming in the eyes of the fair. Nor do I envy, my dear Bob, such blessings, while I may sit down and laugh at the world, and at myself — the most ridiculous object in it.
Página 56 - It is impossible to conceive how much may be done by a proper education at home. A boy, for instance, who understands perfectly well Latin, French, Arithmetic and the principles of the civil law, and can write a fine hand, has an education that may qualify him for any undertaking.
Página 55 - I should, however, be glad to know for what particular profession he is designed. If he be assiduous and divested of strong passions (for passions in youth always lead to pleasure) he may do very well in your college; for it must be owned that the industrious poor have good encouragement there, perhaps better than in any other in Europe. But if he has ambition, strong passions, and an exquisite sensibility of contempt, do not send him there, unless you have no other trade for him but your own.
Página 95 - 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.
Página 1 - I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
Página iii - THE Life of Dr. PARNELL is a task which I should very willingly decline, since it has been lately written by Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing ; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion ; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.
Página 37 - The crackling faggot flies. But nothing could a charm impart To soothe the stranger's woe ; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : « And whence, unhappy youth, » he cried,