The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Količina 1Galignani & Didot, 1825 |
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Stran 6
... MOSES was our next , and after an interval of twelve years , we had two sons more . It would be fruitless to deny exultation when I saw my little ones about me ; but the vanity and the satisfaction of my wife were even greater than mine ...
... MOSES was our next , and after an interval of twelve years , we had two sons more . It would be fruitless to deny exultation when I saw my little ones about me ; but the vanity and the satisfaction of my wife were even greater than mine ...
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... Moses , whom I de- signed for business , received a sort of miscellaneous edu- cation at home . But it is needless to attempt describing the particular characters of young people that had seen but very little of the world . In short , a ...
... Moses , whom I de- signed for business , received a sort of miscellaneous edu- cation at home . But it is needless to attempt describing the particular characters of young people that had seen but very little of the world . In short , a ...
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... Moses , on the contrary , gave him a ques- tion or two from the ancients , for which he had the satis- faction of being laughed at : my little ones were no less busy , and fondly stuck close to the stranger . All my en- deavours could ...
... Moses , on the contrary , gave him a ques- tion or two from the ancients , for which he had the satis- faction of being laughed at : my little ones were no less busy , and fondly stuck close to the stranger . All my en- deavours could ...
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... Moses would let him lie with him : « And I , » cried Bill , « will give Mr Burchell my part , if my sisters will take me to theirs . Well done , my good children , » cried I , « hospitality is one of the first Christian duties . The ...
... Moses would let him lie with him : « And I , » cried Bill , « will give Mr Burchell my part , if my sisters will take me to theirs . Well done , my good children , » cried I , « hospitality is one of the first Christian duties . The ...
Stran 31
... the scourge of its resentment . » — << You are right , Sophy , » cried my son Moses , « and one of the ancients finely represents so malicious a conduct , by the attempts of a rustic to flay Marsyas , whose OF WAKEFIELD . 31.
... the scourge of its resentment . » — << You are right , Sophy , » cried my son Moses , « and one of the ancients finely represents so malicious a conduct , by the attempts of a rustic to flay Marsyas , whose OF WAKEFIELD . 31.
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acquainted amusement appearance Ballymahon beauty bookseller Boswell Burchell called catgut character child circumstances contempt continued conversation cried my wife daugh daughter dear diocese of Elphin Dr Johnson Edmund Burke entertained expect fame favour Flamborough fortune friends friendship gave genius gentleman girls give going Goldsmith happy heart Heaven honour humour Jenkinson labours ladies laugh letter literary live Livy look Manetho manner means ment merit mind morning Moses nature neighbour never night observed occasion Oliver Oliver Goldsmith Olivia once opinion passion perceived perhaps person pleased pleasure poem poet polite learning poor pounds present prison R. B. Sheridan replied rest returned seemed Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir William soon Sophia Squire Stoops to Conquer sure taste thing Thornhill thought tion took Traveller turn Vicar of Wakefield virtue wretched write young
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Stran liv - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Stran 40 - Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Stran iii - 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.
Stran xcii - 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...
Stran 152 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Stran lxxiii - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. And there, forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die: 'Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.
Stran cvi - BY inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.
Stran lxxix - I'll make Goldsmith forgive me;" and then •called to him in a loud voice, " Dr. Goldsmith, — something passed to-day where you and I dined: I ask your pardon." Goldsmith answered placidly, " It must be much from you, sir, that I take ill.
Stran lxxxviii - Ah, no. To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Stran 102 - 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. He was no sooner alighted, but he was in haste to be gone; for he was ever on business of the utmost importance, and was at that time actually compiling materials for the history of on