 THERE are a hundred faults in this Thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull •without a single absurdity.  The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Page ivby Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...HERE are a hundred fanlts in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove , them beanties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous...characters upon earth; he is a priest, a husbandman, and the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey, as simple in affluence, and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...D'Arblay's Diary, i. 83. ' There are a hundred faults in this Thing,' said Goldsmith in the preface, ' and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.' See. post, April 25, 1778. ' Anecdotes of Johnson, p. 1 19. BOSWELL. ' Life of Johnson, p. 420. BOSWELL.... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...D'Arblay's Diary, i. 83. ' There are a hundred faults in this Thing,' said Goldsmith in the preface, 'and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.' See post, April 25, 1778. 1 Anecdotes of Johnson, p. 1 19. BOSWELL. • Life of Johnson, p. 420. BOSWELL.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1801 - 424 pages
...ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. J[ HERE are a hundred faults in this Thing, and a hundred things might be faid to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amufing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a fingle abfurdity. The hero of this piece... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. THERE are a hundred faults in this Thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties....three greatest characters upon earth ; he is a priest, an husbandman, and the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey, as simple... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1815 - 268 pages
...WHITTINGHAM AND ARLISS, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1815. c THERE are an hundred faults in this thing, and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties...three greatest characters upon earth ; he is a priest, an husbandman, and the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey — as... | |
 | England - 1855 - 782 pages
...Lavergne happily quotes a happy passage from the inimitable Goldsmith — the character of Dr Primrose. " The hero of this piece unites in himself the three greatest characters on earth. He is a priest, a husbandman, and the father of a family." He mistakes in saying " Mr Western... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 406 pages
...history. THE END OF POMPEY THE LITTLE. ADVERTISEMENT. THERE are an hundred faults in this thing, and an hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may he amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. The hero of this... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...WAKEFIELD. A TALE. BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH. ADVERTISEMENT. THERE are a hundred faults in this thing, and a ch was eleven miles off. " My friends," said I, "...has thrown me into a slight fever, and I want clothe the father of a family. He is drawn as ready to teach, and ready to obey — as simple in affluence,... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pages
...unerring judgment, or invariable propriety of sentiment or of diction. But, as Goldsmith justly says, " a book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very djdl without a single absurdity;" and it is, in fact, as true in literature as in morals, that excellence... | |
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