The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: From a Variety of Original Sources, Tom 2J. Murray, 1837 |
Z wnętrza książki
Wyniki 1 - 5 z 63
Strona 22
... remarks were con- sidered to apply , and they did not pass without notice and censure . With Gray more particularly , he was then and since brought into competition , and the honest expression of his poetical taste has been attributed ...
... remarks were con- sidered to apply , and they did not pass without notice and censure . With Gray more particularly , he was then and since brought into competition , and the honest expression of his poetical taste has been attributed ...
Strona 23
... remarks in 1770 ; he objects to their elaborate character , to their approval being confined to a few , to their obscurities and abrupt- nesses , and emphatically advises him to aim at being more popular , or in other words to study the ...
... remarks in 1770 ; he objects to their elaborate character , to their approval being confined to a few , to their obscurities and abrupt- nesses , and emphatically advises him to aim at being more popular , or in other words to study the ...
Strona 31
... , lead to a severe remark- " And sensual bliss is all this nation knows . " And again , in allusion to their fallen political con- dition he adds , in contrast to the natural products ADDISON'S LETTER FROM ITALY . 31.
... , lead to a severe remark- " And sensual bliss is all this nation knows . " And again , in allusion to their fallen political con- dition he adds , in contrast to the natural products ADDISON'S LETTER FROM ITALY . 31.
Strona 32
... remark . But his ingenuity deserves praise in furnishing a sketch after such a master , at once philosophical , spirited , and original . While engaged in putting a finishing hand to the poem , an anecdote connected with the writing of ...
... remark . But his ingenuity deserves praise in furnishing a sketch after such a master , at once philosophical , spirited , and original . While engaged in putting a finishing hand to the poem , an anecdote connected with the writing of ...
Strona 35
... remarks are of the utmost possible brevity , and not being included in some editions of the works of its writer although enumerated by Boswell among his productions , will be found in a future volume . The Gentleman's Magazine of the ...
... remarks are of the utmost possible brevity , and not being included in some editions of the works of its writer although enumerated by Boswell among his productions , will be found in a future volume . The Gentleman's Magazine of the ...
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
acquaintance admiration afterwards allusion amusement anecdote Animated Nature appears ballad believe Bishop Percy bookseller Boswell Burke called character Colman comedy considered conversation copy Covent Garden Cradock criticism death Deserted Village Doctor doubt Dublin edition England English fame favour Francis Newbery frequently friends Garrick genius gentleman George Primrose Griffin guineas History honour humour Ireland Irish Johnson known labour lady late letter likewise lines literary living London Lord Lord Byron Lord Charlemont manner mentioned merit mind never Newbery notice occasion occasionally OLIVER GOLDSMITH opinion original perhaps period person piece play poem Poet poetical poetry popular possession praise probably published racter reader received remarks reply reputation says scarcely scene seems sentiments Sir Joshua Reynolds Stoops to Conquer story supposed taste theatre thing thought tion told Traveller truth verses Vicar of Wakefield vols volume writer written
Popularne fragmenty
Strona 263 - 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...
Strona 244 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.
Strona 274 - 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...
Strona 266 - 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...
Strona 30 - 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...
Strona 81 - 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.
Strona 113 - 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.
Strona 205 - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.
Strona 313 - But, hang it ! to poets who seldom can eat Your very good mutton's a very good treat ; Such dainties to them their health it might hurt ; It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Strona 168 - With cool submission joins the lab'ring train, And social sorrow loses half its pain : Our anxious bard, without complaint, may share This bustling season's epidemic care, Like...