The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: From a Variety of Original Sources, Volume 1J. Murray, 1837 - 515 pages |
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... gives biography its chief charm . The same may be said of Denham ; for Denham , though of English ancestry , being born in Ireland , may fairly be claimed as an Irish writer . With regard to Farquhar , whose genius for comedy was not ...
... gives biography its chief charm . The same may be said of Denham ; for Denham , though of English ancestry , being born in Ireland , may fairly be claimed as an Irish writer . With regard to Farquhar , whose genius for comedy was not ...
Page xii
... give more variety and novelty to the work . A Life , however , was to be written ; and this the Bishop , although best qualified for the purpose by long intimacy and thorough knowledge of Goldsmith , added to his ac- knowledged talents ...
... give more variety and novelty to the work . A Life , however , was to be written ; and this the Bishop , although best qualified for the purpose by long intimacy and thorough knowledge of Goldsmith , added to his ac- knowledged talents ...
Page xv
... give , what he said was so much wanted , a Life ; he had made the same proposition to him three years before ( 1827 ) , which was at once declined ; a refusal was again given on its repeti- tion ; but a renewal of these friendly ...
... give , what he said was so much wanted , a Life ; he had made the same proposition to him three years before ( 1827 ) , which was at once declined ; a refusal was again given on its repeti- tion ; but a renewal of these friendly ...
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... gives it all its importance . We found some unex- pected instances of this . In Ireland the legend of a saint , or of a miracle , is universally familiar and never forgotten : but not so the memorials of her distinguished men . These ...
... gives it all its importance . We found some unex- pected instances of this . In Ireland the legend of a saint , or of a miracle , is universally familiar and never forgotten : but not so the memorials of her distinguished men . These ...
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... give effect to his advice . He had matriculated in 1740 , at a later period of life than is represented in the college register * ; foreseeing , probably , he should be compelled , from want of the necessary interest for rising in the ...
... give effect to his advice . He had matriculated in 1740 , at a later period of life than is represented in the college register * ; foreseeing , probably , he should be compelled , from want of the necessary interest for rising in the ...
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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.