The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: From a Variety of Original Sources, Volume 1J. Murray, 1837 - 515 pages |
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... circumstances afforded me the honour of an introduction to Grace ; and to you they are now appropriately inscribed . An Earl of Northumberland was the first to offer assist- ance and patronage to the Poet ; and for the amusement of his ...
... circumstances afforded me the honour of an introduction to Grace ; and to you they are now appropriately inscribed . An Earl of Northumberland was the first to offer assist- ance and patronage to the Poet ; and for the amusement of his ...
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... circumstances the for- mer was passed , and under what incitements or successes , what difficulties or privations , the latter were written . We shall be the more surprised at the neglect in this instance , on considering , that almost ...
... circumstances the for- mer was passed , and under what incitements or successes , what difficulties or privations , the latter were written . We shall be the more surprised at the neglect in this instance , on considering , that almost ...
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From a Variety of Original Sources Sir James Prior. be explained by the circumstances of his situation . He had lived for many years away from his native country ; he possessed no connexions , and had formed no domestic ties in that ...
From a Variety of Original Sources Sir James Prior. be explained by the circumstances of his situation . He had lived for many years away from his native country ; he possessed no connexions , and had formed no domestic ties in that ...
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... circumstances . + Rev. John Graham , Rector of Tamlaghtard in the diocese of London- derry , author of Annals of Ireland , Poems , History of the Siege of London- derry , & c . & c . In 1822 , this gentleman attempted to assemble the ...
... circumstances . + Rev. John Graham , Rector of Tamlaghtard in the diocese of London- derry , author of Annals of Ireland , Poems , History of the Siege of London- derry , & c . & c . In 1822 , this gentleman attempted to assemble the ...
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... circumstances , were natives of Ireland . * Charles , the second son of Robert , and father of the Poet , brought up to the sacred profession , passed through Trinity College with credit , and is said by his son to have had , as well as ...
... circumstances , were natives of Ireland . * Charles , the second son of Robert , and father of the Poet , brought up to the sacred profession , passed through Trinity College with credit , and is said by his son to have had , as well as ...
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Page 499 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Page 442 - When accompanying two beautiful young ladies ' with their mother on a tour in France, he was seriously angry that more attention was paid to them than to him...
Page 342 - 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.
Page 20 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 443 - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.
Page 96 - Frugality, and even avarice, in the lower orders of mankind, are true ambition. These afford the only ladder for the poor to rise to preferment. Teach, then, my dear sir, to your son thrift and economy. Let his poor wandering uncle's example be placed before his eyes.
Page 374 - I fancy, Sir, this is the first time that he has been engaged in such an adventure." JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, I believe it is the first time he has beat; he may have been beaten before. This, Sir, is a new plume to him.
Page 299 - 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.
Page 287 - No sir, had I been a sharper, had I been possessed of less good nature and native generosity, I might surely now have been in better circumstances.
Page 144 - Straight envy began, in the shape of no less than three ladies who sat with me, to find faults in her faultless form. — ' For my part,' says the first, ' I think what I always thought, that the Duchess has too much of the red in her complexion.