The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an account of his life and writings, Volume 11837 |
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... live . " The peculiarities of his situation at this period are described in the following letter , addressed to the gentleman who had married his eldest sister . It is dated Temple Exchange Coffee - house , December 27 , 1757 , and ...
... live . " The peculiarities of his situation at this period are described in the following letter , addressed to the gentleman who had married his eldest sister . It is dated Temple Exchange Coffee - house , December 27 , 1757 , and ...
Page xxx
... live . Nothing is more apt to introduce us to the gates of the Muses than poverty ; but it were well for us if they only left us at the door — the mischief is , they some- times choose to give us their company at the entertainment , and ...
... live . Nothing is more apt to introduce us to the gates of the Muses than poverty ; but it were well for us if they only left us at the door — the mischief is , they some- times choose to give us their company at the entertainment , and ...
Page xxxvi
... lives . You imagine , I suppose , that every author by profession lives in a garret , wears shabby clothes , and ... live more genteelly , than many who pride themselves for nothing else in Ireland . I confess it again , my dear Dan ...
... lives . You imagine , I suppose , that every author by profession lives in a garret , wears shabby clothes , and ... live more genteelly , than many who pride themselves for nothing else in Ireland . I confess it again , my dear Dan ...
Page xliii
... live by it , it were no unpleasant employment to be a poet . I am resolved to leave no space , though I should fill it up only by telling you , what you very well know already , I mean that I am your most affectionate friend and brother ...
... live by it , it were no unpleasant employment to be a poet . I am resolved to leave no space , though I should fill it up only by telling you , what you very well know already , I mean that I am your most affectionate friend and brother ...
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... live a little upon myself . I would desire , in this case , to imitate that fat man , whom I have somewhere heard of in a shipwreck , who , when the sailors , pressed by famine , were taking slices from his posteriors to satisfy their ...
... live a little upon myself . I would desire , in this case , to imitate that fat man , whom I have somewhere heard of in a shipwreck , who , when the sailors , pressed by famine , were taking slices from his posteriors to satisfy their ...
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Page liv - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 95 - Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man.
Page 42 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Page lxvi - Johnson (his antipathy to the Scotch beginning to rise): "I have not read Hume; but, doubtless, Goldsmith's History is better than the verbiage of Robertson, or the foppery of Dalrymple.
Page xcii - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Page 43 - Could nought of purity display To emulate his mind. « The dew, the blossom on the tree, With charms inconstant shine ; Their charms were his, but, woe to me ! Their constancy was mine.
Page 40 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Page lxxxviii - Ah, no. To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Page iii - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd, fondly turns to thee: Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain...
Page cii - Dr. Goldsmith has a new comedy in rehearsal at Covent garden, to which the Manager predicts ill success. I hope he will be mistaken. I think it deserves a very kind reception.