The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volume 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... language was copious without exuberance , exact without constraint , and easy without weakness . " This neglect is mainly to be attributed to the obscurity in which all Goldsmith's earlier , and many of his later labours , were long ...
... language was copious without exuberance , exact without constraint , and easy without weakness . " This neglect is mainly to be attributed to the obscurity in which all Goldsmith's earlier , and many of his later labours , were long ...
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... On the Present State of our Theatres 38- III . On the Use of Language 40 History of Hypatia 46 On Justice and Generosity .... 50 Some Particulars relating to Father Feyjoo ......... 54 No. IV . On the Uncertainty of Literary Success ......
... On the Present State of our Theatres 38- III . On the Use of Language 40 History of Hypatia 46 On Justice and Generosity .... 50 Some Particulars relating to Father Feyjoo ......... 54 No. IV . On the Uncertainty of Literary Success ......
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... language but my own ; and out of my own country , the highest charac- ter I can ever acquire is that of being a philosophic vaga- bond . When I consider myself in the country which was once so formidable in war , and spread terror and ...
... language but my own ; and out of my own country , the highest charac- ter I can ever acquire is that of being a philosophic vaga- bond . When I consider myself in the country which was once so formidable in war , and spread terror and ...
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... language was what they had by no means been used to . It was proper to speak to them in the tones of anger , and sometimes it was even necessary to use blows , to excite them to their duty . How different these from the common people of ...
... language was what they had by no means been used to . It was proper to speak to them in the tones of anger , and sometimes it was even necessary to use blows , to excite them to their duty . How different these from the common people of ...
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... language of France . The writings of Maupertuis spread the reputation of his master Newton , and by a happy fortune have united his fame with that of our human prodigy . The first of his performances , openly , in vindication of the ...
... language of France . The writings of Maupertuis spread the reputation of his master Newton , and by a happy fortune have united his fame with that of our human prodigy . The first of his performances , openly , in vindication of the ...
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Page 311 - O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 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.
Page 294 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 317 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 294 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin...
Page 301 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 434 - It is the interest of the one to allow as little for writing, and of the other to write as much, as possible.
Page 18 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 131 - The. passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Page 286 - ... mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love and praise. O how shall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare That glows within my ravish'd heart? But Thou canst read it there. Thy Providence my life sustain'd, And all my wants redrest; When in the silent womb I lay, And hung upon the breast.