Goldsmith's Vicar of WakefieldD. C. Heath & Company, 1898 - 264 páginas |
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... ; and when he died , in the spring of 1774 , - £ 2000 in debt , — it was ac- knowledged that English literature had lost a writer of unique genius and charm . It is of Goldsmith in his later years , when INTRODUCTION . xi.
... ; and when he died , in the spring of 1774 , - £ 2000 in debt , — it was ac- knowledged that English literature had lost a writer of unique genius and charm . It is of Goldsmith in his later years , when INTRODUCTION . xi.
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... charm and melody ; and wit and epigram came , as it were , at command . As Garrick said of him , in a mock- epitaph , he " wrote like an angel , and talk'd like poor Poll . " At the discussions of the club , he might be worsted by ...
... charm and melody ; and wit and epigram came , as it were , at command . As Garrick said of him , in a mock- epitaph , he " wrote like an angel , and talk'd like poor Poll . " At the discussions of the club , he might be worsted by ...
Página xvii
... charm , of his nature . We do not read them now for their quaint political economy ; we read and re - read them for their sweet and wholesome humanity , for their delicate realism , for their mingled pathos and humour , and last but not ...
... charm , of his nature . We do not read them now for their quaint political economy ; we read and re - read them for their sweet and wholesome humanity , for their delicate realism , for their mingled pathos and humour , and last but not ...
Página xix
... charm of a style which goes far to redeem even his hastily produced hack work . Above all , the subtle power of his engaging personality is felt in his every page . As Johnson said of him , he was a " gentle master , ” who “ left ...
... charm of a style which goes far to redeem even his hastily produced hack work . Above all , the subtle power of his engaging personality is felt in his every page . As Johnson said of him , he was a " gentle master , ” who “ left ...
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... charm of its own , due largely to sym- pathy and essential kinship of genius . It is almost unneces- sary to add formal mention of Boswell's Life of Johnson , a work which every student of Goldsmith should be led at least to dip into ...
... charm of its own , due largely to sym- pathy and essential kinship of genius . It is almost unneces- sary to add formal mention of Boswell's Life of Johnson , a work which every student of Goldsmith should be led at least to dip into ...
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Página 260 - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return,...
Página 42 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Página 103 - Good people all of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you find it wondrous short, It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes ! The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes.
Página 47 - Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.
Página 45 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Página 20 - Our little habitation was situated at the foot of a sloping hill, sheltered with a beautiful underwood behind, and a prattling river before ; on one side a meadow, on the other a green.
Página 72 - I have brought back no money," cried Moses again; "I have laid it all out in a bargain, and here it is," pulling out a bundle from his breast ; " here they are — a gross of green spectacles, with silver rims and shagreen cases.
Página 43 - Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Página xxxviii - We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo ; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.
Página 73 - A fig for the silver rims," cried my wife in a passion; "I dare swear they won't sell - for above half the money, at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce." " You need be under no uneasiness," cried I, "about selling the rims; for they are not worth sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper varnished over." "What!" cried my wife, "not silver, the rims not silver!" "No," cried I, "no more silver than your saucepan.