The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, 1. kötetGalignani & Didot, 1825 |
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iv. oldal
... pleasure was to scribble rude verses on small scraps of paper , and then commit them to the flames . His father had strained his slender means in giving a liberal education to his eldest son , and had determined to bring up Oliver to ...
... pleasure was to scribble rude verses on small scraps of paper , and then commit them to the flames . His father had strained his slender means in giving a liberal education to his eldest son , and had determined to bring up Oliver to ...
xv. oldal
... pleasure , were at that time characteristic of Edinburgh society ; and it does not appear that our poet was able to resist the general contagion . His attention to his studies was far from being regular . Dissipation and play allured ...
... pleasure , were at that time characteristic of Edinburgh society ; and it does not appear that our poet was able to resist the general contagion . His attention to his studies was far from being regular . Dissipation and play allured ...
xix. oldal
... pleasures here are very dull , though very various . You may smoke , you may doze , you may go to the Italian comedy , as good an amusement as either of the former . This enter- tainment always brings in Harlequin , who is generally a ...
... pleasures here are very dull , though very various . You may smoke , you may doze , you may go to the Italian comedy , as good an amusement as either of the former . This enter- tainment always brings in Harlequin , who is generally a ...
xxxi. oldal
... pleasures I at present possess . If I go to the opera , where Signora Columba pours out all the mazes of melody , I sit and sigh for Lishoy fireside , and Johnny Armstrong's Last Good Night , from Peggy Golden . If I climb Flamstead ...
... pleasures I at present possess . If I go to the opera , where Signora Columba pours out all the mazes of melody , I sit and sigh for Lishoy fireside , and Johnny Armstrong's Last Good Night , from Peggy Golden . If I climb Flamstead ...
xxxviii. oldal
... pleasure in doing good - natured things than uneasiness at being employed in them , I should not have singled you out on this occasion . It is probable you would comply with such a request , if it tended to the encouragement of any man ...
... pleasure in doing good - natured things than uneasiness at being employed in them , I should not have singled you out on this occasion . It is probable you would comply with such a request , if it tended to the encouragement of any man ...
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liv. oldal - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
40. oldal - Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
iii. oldal - 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.
xcii. oldal - 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...
152. oldal - 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.
lxxiii. oldal - 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.
cvi. oldal - 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.
lxxix. 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.
lxxxviii. oldal - 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.
102. oldal - 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