The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: From a Variety of Original Sources, 2. kötetJohn Murray, Albemarle Street, 1837 |
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3. oldal
... labour , to be excruciated upon even a musical bed of torture . Such works therefore seldom exhibit , and possibly do not require the display of pre - eminent genius . The subject is the Captivity in Babylon , and the B 2 THE CAPTIVITY . 3.
... labour , to be excruciated upon even a musical bed of torture . Such works therefore seldom exhibit , and possibly do not require the display of pre - eminent genius . The subject is the Captivity in Babylon , and the B 2 THE CAPTIVITY . 3.
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... genius enjoys with a zest unknown to his richer brethren who by happier circum- stances are enabled to command their own time VOL . II . с and subject ; and all who can appreciate the strug- THE CHRISTIAN'S MAGAZINE . 17.
... genius enjoys with a zest unknown to his richer brethren who by happier circum- stances are enabled to command their own time VOL . II . с and subject ; and all who can appreciate the strug- THE CHRISTIAN'S MAGAZINE . 17.
18. oldal
... genius suggested ; the original outline , said by his contemporaries to have been more extensive than now appears , was contracted and filled up ; and in this state though still imperfect and without the title ( that of " The ...
... genius suggested ; the original outline , said by his contemporaries to have been more extensive than now appears , was contracted and filled up ; and in this state though still imperfect and without the title ( that of " The ...
19. oldal
... genius indifferently estimated . Lloyd died nearly on the day of the publication of the new poem , but his reputation was not great . Falconer who had printed the Shipwreck two years before , was scarcely c 2 STATE OF POETRY . 19.
... genius indifferently estimated . Lloyd died nearly on the day of the publication of the new poem , but his reputation was not great . Falconer who had printed the Shipwreck two years before , was scarcely c 2 STATE OF POETRY . 19.
23. oldal
... genius than from the man- ner in which it was exerted . Nor was this a recent opinion , advanced when his own poems differing so much in character had received nearly universal approbation , and when a degree of rivalry might be ...
... genius than from the man- ner in which it was exerted . Nor was this a recent opinion , advanced when his own poems differing so much in character had received nearly universal approbation , and when a degree of rivalry might be ...
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263. oldal - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
244. oldal - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.
266. oldal - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school...
30. oldal - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
81. oldal - Twas Edwin's self that prest ! " Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Restored to love and thee ! " Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign : And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine ? " No, never from this hour to part, Well live and love so true ; The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too.
113. oldal - 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.
205. oldal - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.
458. oldal - 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.
274. oldal - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength...
253. oldal - Ye mute companions of my toils, that bear In all my griefs a more than equal share...