Life of Oliver Goldsmith, Հատոր 1W. Scott, 1888 - 214 էջ |
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... rest to share it , treated them to a bottle or two of wine , and finally retired to rest , leaving careful injunctions that a hot cake should be prepared for his breakfast on the morrow . His host , who was a humourist , and more- over ...
... rest to share it , treated them to a bottle or two of wine , and finally retired to rest , leaving careful injunctions that a hot cake should be prepared for his breakfast on the morrow . His host , who was a humourist , and more- over ...
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... rest a fortnight , and with difficulty got off even then . at least say it was for debt ; for if it were once known at the university , I should hardly get a degree . hear how Providence interposed in my favour the ship was gone on to ...
... rest a fortnight , and with difficulty got off even then . at least say it was for debt ; for if it were once known at the university , I should hardly get a degree . hear how Providence interposed in my favour the ship was gone on to ...
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... rest of his relations ; and he had , latterly , been living as a wanderer on the face of the earth . This was his record in the past . And yet , read by the light of his subsequent story , he had unconsciously gone through a course of ...
... rest of his relations ; and he had , latterly , been living as a wanderer on the face of the earth . This was his record in the past . And yet , read by the light of his subsequent story , he had unconsciously gone through a course of ...
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... rest of Mankind , and while none regarded the interests of his friends more , no man on earth regarded his own less . I have often affected bluntness to avoid the imputation of flattery , have frequently seem'd to overlook those merits ...
... rest of Mankind , and while none regarded the interests of his friends more , no man on earth regarded his own less . I have often affected bluntness to avoid the imputation of flattery , have frequently seem'd to overlook those merits ...
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... rest , tasteless meals , and cause- less anxiety , shorten his life , or render it unfit for active employment ; prolonged vigils and intense application still farther contract his span , and make his time glide insensibly away ...
... rest , tasteless meals , and cause- less anxiety , shorten his life , or render it unfit for active employment ; prolonged vigils and intense application still farther contract his span , and make his time glide insensibly away ...
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Էջ 150 - And steady loyalty and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found' st me poor at first and keep'st me so...
Էջ 100 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Էջ 111 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Էջ 111 - I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.
Էջ 179 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand : His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill he was still hard of hearing.
Էջ 45 - But now her wealth and finery fled, Her hangers-on cut short all ; The doctors found, when she was dead — Her last disorder mortal. " Let us lament, in sorrow sore, For Kent Street well may say, That had she lived a twelvemonth more — She had not died to-day.
Էջ 101 - And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill; Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of threescore.
Էջ 179 - His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart. To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill he was still hard of hearing : When they talked of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet and only took snuff.
Էջ 25 - If he be assiduous, and divested of strong passions (for passions in youth always lead to pleasure), he may do very well in your college ; for it must be owned, that the industrious poor have good encouragement there, perhaps better than in any other in Europe. But if he has ambition, strong passions, and an exquisite sensibility of contempt, do not send him there, unless you have no other trade for him except your own.
Էջ xxiii - Graphic. LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. By Colonel F. Grant. "Colonel Grant has performed his task with diligence, sound judgment, good taste, and accuracy."— Illustrated London News.