The life of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... obliging letter which contained much interesting information , particularly with respect to Goldsmith's Me- moirs . The paper which you have recovered in my own handwriting , giving dates and many interesting particulars relating to his ...
... obliging letter which contained much interesting information , particularly with respect to Goldsmith's Me- moirs . The paper which you have recovered in my own handwriting , giving dates and many interesting particulars relating to his ...
Page xviii
... obliged likewise to the Honourable Judge Day , now retired from the Irish Bench , for a few recollections of his acquaintance with Goldsmith ; to the Rev. Dr. Handcock of Dublin , for copies of two original letters ; to William R. Mason ...
... obliged likewise to the Honourable Judge Day , now retired from the Irish Bench , for a few recollections of his acquaintance with Goldsmith ; to the Rev. Dr. Handcock of Dublin , for copies of two original letters ; to William R. Mason ...
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... a little family pride by being of more importance . * By the Rev. Dr. Strean of Athlone , to whom I feel obliged for the inquiries he has made . A document has been lately recovered which sets the matter BIRTH OF THE POET . 13.
... a little family pride by being of more importance . * By the Rev. Dr. Strean of Athlone , to whom I feel obliged for the inquiries he has made . A document has been lately recovered which sets the matter BIRTH OF THE POET . 13.
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... obliged to contemplate the more humble condition of sizer . From this , as a tacit confession of limited means , if not of poverty , his pride , it is traditionally said , revolted in his own opinion , it occasioned many subsequent ...
... obliged to contemplate the more humble condition of sizer . From this , as a tacit confession of limited means , if not of poverty , his pride , it is traditionally said , revolted in his own opinion , it occasioned many subsequent ...
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... obliged to per- form . When brought before the then provost ( Murray ) , who had himself been a sizer , for this irregularity , the latter had the manliness to tell the student that it was but a paltry species of pride to be above the ...
... obliged to per- form . When brought before the then provost ( Murray ) , who had himself been a sizer , for this irregularity , the latter had the manliness to tell the student that it was but a paltry species of pride to be above 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 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 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 286 - I have been some years struggling with a wretched being, with all that contempt which indigence brings with it, with all those strong passions which make contempt insupportable. What then has a gaol that is formidable ? I shall at least have the society of wretches, and such is to me true society.
Page 299 - I should actually be as unfit for the society of my friends at home, as I detest that which I am obliged to partake of here. I can now neither partake of the pleasure of a revel, nor contribute to raise its jollity. I can neither laugh nor drink; have contracted a hesitating disagreeable manner of speaking, and a visage that looks illnature itself; in short, I have thought myself into a settled melancholy, and an utter disgust of all that life brings with it.
Page 271 - However, it is probable you may one of these days see me turned into a perfect hunks, and as dark and intricate as a mouse-hole. I have already given my landlady orders for an entire reform in the state of my finances. I declaim against hot suppers, drink less sugar in my tea, and check my grate with brick-bats.
Page 120 - Fiddleback, and bade adieu to Cork with only five shillings in my pocket. This, to be sure, was but a scanty allowance for man and horse towards a journey of above a hundred miles ; but I did not despair, for I knew I must find friends on the road. I recollected particularly an old and faithful acquaintance I made at college, who had often and earnestly pressed me to spend a summer with him, and he lived but eight miles from Cork. This circumstance of vicinity he would expatiate on to me with peculiar...
Page 248 - But, now, to be serious: let me ask myself what gives me a wish to see Ireland again. The country is a fine one, perhaps? No. There are good company in Ireland? No. The conversation there is generally made up of a smutty toast or a bawdy song; the vivacity supported by some humble cousin, who had just folly enough to earn his dinner.