 Temple, he showed me the beginning of his 'Animated Nature;' it was with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds, and beasts, and' creeping things, which Pidcock's showman would...  Memoirs of Richard Cumberland - Page 348by Richard Cumberland - 1807 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pages
...with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts and creeping things,...table. But publishers hate poetry, and PaternosterRow Ï5 not Parnassus. Even the mighty Doctor Hill, who was not a very delicate feeder, could not make... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 500 pages
...with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds, and beasts, and creeping things,...which Pidcock's show-man would have done as well. Pour fellow, he hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor a turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 904 pages
...with a sigh such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from its bent 'to drudge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts, and creeping things,...publishers hate poetry,* and Paternoster-Row is not Parnassu^f " &c. Such is the testimony .of men, who had a personal acquaintance with Goldsmith, and... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 pages
...with, a sigh such as genins draws when hard necessity drives it from its heart to drndge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts, and creeping things,...turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the table I"— Cumberland. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS an invaluable record, and its contents in every point of view... | |
 | William Mudford - 1812 - 662 pages
...with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts and creeping things,...Paternoster-Row is not Parnassus. Even the mighty Dr. Hill, who was not a very delicate feeder, could not make a dinner out of the press till by a happy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds, and beasts, and' creeping things,...Paternoster-row is not Parnassus. Even the mighty Dr Hill, who was not a very delicate feeder, could not make a dinner out of the press, till, by a happy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, hich mankind could censure, I see no reason for making...reputation as a poet, I make a shift to live. Nothing publisher» hate poetry, and Patemoster-row is not Parnassus. Even the mighty Dr. НШ, who was not... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 484 pages
...with a sigh, such us genius draws when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts and creeping things,...and PaternosterRow is not Parnassus. Even the mighty Dr Hill, who was not a very delicate feeder, could not make a dinner out of the nreas, till by a happy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 492 pages
...with a sigh, such as genius draws when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts and creeping things,...and PaternosterRow is not Parnassus. Even the mighty Dr Hill, who was not a very delicate feeder, could not make a dinner out of the nress, till by a happy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 506 pages
...with a sigh, such as genius draws when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts and creeping things,...mule, nor a turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on fhc table. But publishers hate poetry, and PuternosterKow is not Parnassus. Even the mighty Dr Hill,... | |
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