 I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help; as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men; I look to the booksellers for support, they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake...  The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany - Stran 2061787Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | J. Holden Macmichael - 1906 - 404 strani
...said that he had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help " Thus," says Sir John, " did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to assist him." With regard to this forgetfulness of self, however, Irving justly remarks that he cannot... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1906 - 314 strani
...friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others." "Thus," exclaims his worldly-wise friend, "did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle with his fortune and put back the hand that was held out to assist him." We breathe a sigh of relief that Goldsmith... | |
 | Austin Brereton - 1907 - 376 strani
...friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.' Thus, adds the teller of the anecdote, did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to assist him ! Other offers of a like kind he either rejected or failed to improve, contenting himself... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1910 - 196 strani
...I look to the booksellers for support ; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.' Thus did this idiot, in the affairs...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to assist him. The whole problem of Ireland is illustrated in epitome by the commentators on Goldsmith.... | |
 | Richard Ashe King - 1910 - 370 strani
...that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help.' " Thus," comments Sir John, " did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle...fortunes and put back the hand that was held out to assist him !" When men of this sort call Goldsmith "an idiot," it is as well to remember what appeared... | |
 | Frank Frankfort Moore - 1910 - 534 strani
...that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help." " Thus," lamented Hawkins, " did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to assist him." His second chance approached him in the questionable shape of an emissary from the Government... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1911 - 346 strani
...them for others.' " "Thus," continues Sir John, "did this idiot in the affairs of 116 OLIVER GOLDSMITH the world trifle with his fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to assist him." We cannot join with Sir John in his worldly sneer at the conduct of Goldsmith on this... | |
 | Sir Ernest Clarke - 1920 - 60 strani
...but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help." Hawkins' sour comment was : "thus did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle...fortunes and put back the hand that was held out to assist him." The Revd. Henry Goldsmith died at Athlone at the end of May, 1768, at the age of forty-five.... | |
 | Arthur Simons Collins - 1927 - 288 strani
...dependence on promises of great men." " Thus," said the pompous and unsympathetic Sir John Hawkins, " did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle...fortunes, and put back the hand that was held out to assist him ! Other offers of a like kind he either rejected or failed to improve, contenting himself... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1928 - 398 strani
...him. To Hawkins himself are we indebted for the incident, and after relating it Hawkins adds: " And thus did this idiot in the affairs of the world trifle with his fortunes! " Let him who wishes preach a sermon on this story. But there you have it! "A brother in Ireland who... | |
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