The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver GoldsmithW. Otridge, 1812 |
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... sure now I see your sisters Betty and Peggy vastly surprised at my partiality ; but tell them flatly I don't value them a potatoe , their fine skins , or eyes , or good sense , or for I say and will maintain it ; and as a ...
... sure now I see your sisters Betty and Peggy vastly surprised at my partiality ; but tell them flatly I don't value them a potatoe , their fine skins , or eyes , or good sense , or for I say and will maintain it ; and as a ...
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... sure to meet people of all na- tions . 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 ...
... sure to meet people of all na- tions . 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 ...
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... 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 not ...
... 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 not ...
Page 85
... sure that we have mentioned the pre- ceding publications in their regular order , and have doubtless omitted many similar pieces , as well as occasional contributions to periodical works . But his admirable poem , " The Deserted Village ...
... sure that we have mentioned the pre- ceding publications in their regular order , and have doubtless omitted many similar pieces , as well as occasional contributions to periodical works . But his admirable poem , " The Deserted Village ...
Page 88
... sure they will dispose of it to the best advantage . To them I entirely leave it , whether they or you may think the whole necessary to fit you out , or whether our poor sister Johnson may not want the half , I leave entirely to their ...
... sure they will dispose of it to the best advantage . To them I entirely leave it , whether they or you may think the whole necessary to fit you out , or whether our poor sister Johnson may not want the half , I leave entirely to their ...
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Page 142 - 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 88 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...
Page 108 - I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late ; I was brow-beat by the master, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad.
Page 2 - ... life, that the poorer the guest, the better pleased he ever is with being treated; and as some men gaze with admiration at the colours of a tulip or the wing of a butterfly, so I was, by nature, an admirer of happy human faces.
Page 87 - 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. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.
Page 38 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. "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?
Page 119 - Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day.
Page 56 - It is impossible to conceive how much may be done by a proper education at home. A boy for instance, who understands perfectly well, Latin, French, arithmetic, and the principles of the civil law, and can write a fine hand, has an education that may qualify him for any undertaking ; and these parts of learning should be carefully inculcated, let him be designed for whatever calling he will.
Page 2 - We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo ; all our adventures were by the fire-side, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.
Page 87 - I could get both you and my poor brother-in-law something like that which you desire, but I am determined never to ask for little things, nor exhaust any little interest I may have, until I can serve you.