The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 1Galignani & Didot, 1825 |
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Page vi
... called for to crown the feast , and at going to bed , a hot cake was ordered to be prepared for his breakfast . The laugh , to be sure , was rather against our hero in the morn- ing , when he called for his bill , and vi LIFE AND WRITINGS.
... called for to crown the feast , and at going to bed , a hot cake was ordered to be prepared for his breakfast . The laugh , to be sure , was rather against our hero in the morn- ing , when he called for his bill , and vi LIFE AND WRITINGS.
Page ix
... sure , but not exactly in such good trim as when he had left them . His horse was metamorphosed into a shabby little pony , not worth twenty shillings , and instead of thirty pounds in his pocket , he was without a penny . On this ...
... sure , but not exactly in such good trim as when he had left them . His horse was metamorphosed into a shabby little pony , not worth twenty shillings , and instead of thirty pounds in his pocket , he was without a penny . On this ...
Page xix
... sure to meet people of all nations . Here the Dutch slumber , the French chatter , and the English play at cards . Any man who likes company , may have them to his taste . For my part , I generally detached myself from all society , and ...
... sure to meet people of all nations . Here the Dutch slumber , the French chatter , and the English play at cards . Any man who likes company , may have them to his taste . For my part , I generally detached myself from all society , and ...
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... sure you are fit for a school ? Let me examine you a little . Have been bred apprentice to the business ? » — No . Then you you won't do for a school . Can you dress the boys ' hair ? » —No.- << Then you won't do for a school . Have you ...
... sure you are fit for a school ? Let me examine you a little . Have been bred apprentice to the business ? » — No . Then you you won't do for a school . Can you dress the boys ' hair ? » —No.- << Then you won't do for a school . Have you ...
Page xxx
... Sure I am born to ill - fortune , to be so much a debtor , and unable to repay . But to say no more of this : too many professions of gratitude are often considered as indirect petitions for future favours ; let me only add , that my ...
... Sure I am born to ill - fortune , to be so much a debtor , and unable to repay . But to say no more of this : too many professions of gratitude are often considered as indirect petitions for future favours ; let me only add , that my ...
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Page liv - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 40 - Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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