Essays and Criticisms, by Dr. Goldsmith;: With an Account of the Author. In Three Volumes, Հատոր 2J. Johnson, 1798 - 276 էջ |
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... never made me any return for my endeavours to please them . " On his arrival at Geneva , it is faid he was recom- mended as a travelling tutor to a young man , of mean birth and fordid difpofition , who , after he had arrived at years ...
... never made me any return for my endeavours to please them . " On his arrival at Geneva , it is faid he was recom- mended as a travelling tutor to a young man , of mean birth and fordid difpofition , who , after he had arrived at years ...
Էջ xxv
... never given me time to finger a pen ; —but I fuppress these , and twenty more equally plaufible and as eafily invented , fince they might be attended with a flight inconvenience of being known to be lies . Let me then speak truth : an ...
... never given me time to finger a pen ; —but I fuppress these , and twenty more equally plaufible and as eafily invented , fince they might be attended with a flight inconvenience of being known to be lies . Let me then speak truth : an ...
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... never fails to darken the natural lights of fenfe and reafon . Here he Al Borak , according to the Koran , was the beast that carried Mahomet to heaven . His face was like that of a man ; and his eyes fhone with as great a luftre as the ...
... never fails to darken the natural lights of fenfe and reafon . Here he Al Borak , according to the Koran , was the beast that carried Mahomet to heaven . His face was like that of a man ; and his eyes fhone with as great a luftre as the ...
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... never felt before , and his looks were lighted up with a transport of courage and ambition . The triumvirate now ftood upon the projection of a rock about fix feet fquare ; and the younger of his guides , having pocketed his picture and ...
... never felt before , and his looks were lighted up with a transport of courage and ambition . The triumvirate now ftood upon the projection of a rock about fix feet fquare ; and the younger of his guides , having pocketed his picture and ...
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... never be retrieved . " Omrah's whole foul was diffolved in tenderness by this unexpected adddress . He proftrated himself before her , and declared in the moft paffionate ftrain , that he should have more joy in dying at her feet , than ...
... never be retrieved . " Omrah's whole foul was diffolved in tenderness by this unexpected adddress . He proftrated himself before her , and declared in the moft paffionate ftrain , that he should have more joy in dying at her feet , than ...
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admiration Æneid affiftance againſt Alcanor alſo antient Baghdad beauty becauſe breaſt character cife circumftance compariſon confiderable conftitution dæmons Demetrius Phalereus Dervife difpofition diftinguiſhed Engliſh ESSAY ESSAY Eudofia exerciſe expreffion exprefs eyes faid fame Faſcination fatire fays feemed fenfe fenfibility fentiments feven feveral fhall fhort fide fimile firft firſt fituation fleep fome foon fpecies ftill ftork ftrength fubject fublime fuch fure genius GOLDSMITH Greenland heart herſelf Hiftory himſelf Homer houſe ideas Igluka Iliad inftances inftinct inſpired khaliph lady laft leaſt meaſure metaphors mind moft moſt mufic muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion Omrah paffed paffions perfon pleaſure Plutarch Poet Poetry poffeffed prefent purpoſe quæ Quintilian raiſed reafon ſays ſcene ſeem ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſkin ſome ſpirit ſtill ſuch Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranſport underſtanding uſed Virgil whofe whoſe word youth δὲ καὶ
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Էջ 229 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Էջ 130 - I am a Dane, Swede, or Frenchman at different times ; or rather fancy myself like the old philosopher, who upon being asked what countryman he was, replied, that he was a citizen of the world.
Էջ 166 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Էջ xxvi - Yet with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive. The poor have pride ever ready to relieve them. If mankind should happen to despise them, they are masters of their own admiration; and that they can plentifully bestow upon themselves.
Էջ xxvii - ... intercourse between the sexes than there is between two countries at war. The ladies indeed may ogle, and the gentlemen sigh; but an embargo is laid on any closer commerce.
Էջ xxi - Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.
Էջ xxix - PS. — Give my sincere respects (not compliments, do you mind) to your agreeable family, and give my service to my mother, if you see her; for, as you express it in Ireland, I have a sneaking kindness for her still. Direct to me, — Student in Physic, in Edinburgh.
Էջ xxii - There was a quick, but not a strong vegetation, of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it. No deep root could be struck. The oak of the forest did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession. It has been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation ; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated.
Էջ 204 - To be, or not to be — that is the queftion. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to fuffer The flings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, And by oppofing, end them.
Էջ xxvii - Scotch gentleman told me, (and, faith, I believe he was right) that I was a very great pedant for my pains.