 Buffon into English, yet I much doubt, if without that spur he would ever have put his Pegasus into action : no, if he had been rich, the world would have been poorer than it is by the loss of all the treasures of his genius and the contributions of his...  Memoirs of Richard Cumberland - Page 171by Richard Cumberland - 1806 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pages
...masquerade, drove Oliver Goldsmith upon abridging histories, and turning Buffbn, into OOLDSMITH AND JOHKS0.4. English, yet I much doubt if, without that spur, he...Johnson himself would have been such a champion in literature, such a frontrank soldier in the fields of fame, if he had not been pressed into the service,... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 pages
...histories, and turning Buftbn into GOLDSMITH AND JOHVSOX. English, yet I much doubt if, with-- out that spur, he would ever have put his Pegasus into...Johnson himself would have been such a champion in literature, such a frontrank soldier in the fields of fame, if he had not been pressed into the service,... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 500 pages
...mnMlnernde. drove OH ver Goldsmith upon ,bridging histories and turning Buff .11 into English, jet 1 much doubt if without that spur he would ever have put his rV-gi'us into action ; no, if he hart been rich, the world would have been poorer than it is hy the... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1807 - 456 pages
...finding money for a masquerade, drove Oliver Goldsmith upon abridging histories and turning BufFon into English, yet I much doubt if without that spur...Johnson himself would have been such a champion in literature, such a front-rank soldier in the fields of fame, if he VOL. I. AA had not been pressed... | |
 | 1807 - 434 pages
...of finding money for a masquerade drove Oliver Goldsmith upon abridging histories and turning Buffon into English, yet I much doubt if without that spur...Johnson himself would have been such a champion in literature, such a front-rank soldier in the fields of fame, if he had not been pressed into the service,... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1807 - 520 pages
...him 352.'—his animated nature, Hi.—if he had been rich, query if the world would not have lost all the treasures of his genius and the contributions of his pen, 353.—his first comedy of the Good-natured Man, applauded by Edmund Burke, 364.—•to be lamented... | |
 | 1807 - 856 pages
...histories anc turning Buffon into English, yet '. much doubt if without that spur he wonld ever hart put his Pegasus into action; no, if he had been rich, the Korld.would have been poorer than i is., by the loss of all the treasures o his genius and the contributions... | |
 | Edward Mangin - 1808 - 236 pages
...the gentleness of his manners and the goodness of his heart, Mr. Cumberland very handsomely adds: " if he had been rich, the world would have been poorer...treasures of his genius and the contributions of his pen." Doctor STREAM'S interesting answer to my application is as follows: • My dear Sir, ' Could I have... | |
 | William Mudford - 1812 - 662 pages
...finding money for a masquerade, drove Oliver Goldsmith upon abridging histories, and turning Buffon into English ; yet I much doubt, if without that spur,...treasures of his genius and the contributions of his pen." •, There is, in this extract, too contemptuous a mention of Sir John Hill, a man who like Blackmore,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...finding money for a masquerade, drove Oliver Goldsmith upon abridging histories, and turning Buffon into English, yet I much doubt, if, without that spur,...of his genius, and the contributions of his pen.» Much, in, the same style was Gold$mith himself accustomed to talk of his mercenary labours. A poor... | |
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