The Works of Washington Irving: Oliver GoldsmithGeorge P. Putnam, 1851 |
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... Stoops to Conquer . - Foote's Primitive Puppet Show , Piety on Pattens . - First performance of the comedy . - Agitation of the author . - Success . - Colman squibbed out of town . . 309 CHAPTER XXXVIII . A newspaper attack .-- The ...
... Stoops to Conquer . - Foote's Primitive Puppet Show , Piety on Pattens . - First performance of the comedy . - Agitation of the author . - Success . - Colman squibbed out of town . . 309 CHAPTER XXXVIII . A newspaper attack .-- The ...
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... Stoops to Conquer , or the Mistakes of a Night . " CHAPTER II . Improvident marriages in the Goldsmith family .
... Stoops to Conquer , or the Mistakes of a Night . " CHAPTER II . Improvident marriages in the Goldsmith family .
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... Stoops to Conquer " was written ; a convenient and airy apartment , up one flight of stairs . Some matter of fact traditions concerning the author were furnished , a few years since , by a son of the farmer , who was six- teen years of ...
... Stoops to Conquer " was written ; a convenient and airy apartment , up one flight of stairs . Some matter of fact traditions concerning the author were furnished , a few years since , by a son of the farmer , who was six- teen years of ...
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... Stoops to Conquer . - Foote's Primitive Puppetshow , Piety on Pattens . - First performance of the comedy . - Agitation of the author . - Success . - Colman squibbed cut of town . THE gay life depicted in the two last chapters , while ...
... Stoops to Conquer . - Foote's Primitive Puppetshow , Piety on Pattens . - First performance of the comedy . - Agitation of the author . - Success . - Colman squibbed cut of town . THE gay life depicted in the two last chapters , while ...
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... Stoops to Conquer . " The evil bodings of Colman still continued : they were even communicated in the box office to the servant of the Duke of Gloucester , who was sent to engage a box . Never did the play of a popular writer struggle ...
... Stoops to Conquer . " The evil bodings of Colman still continued : they were even communicated in the box office to the servant of the Duke of Gloucester , who was sent to engage a box . Never did the play of a popular writer struggle ...
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acquaintance admiration amusing anecdote appeared Ballymahon Beauclerc beautiful Bennet Langton bookseller Boswell brother Henry Burke CHAPTER character club Colman comedy companion conversation Cradock David Garrick dear delighted dinner doctor fame feeling fortune Francis Newbery friends Garrick gave genius gentleman give Gold Good-natured Green Arbor guinea heart heedless History honor Horneck humor Ireland Irish Jessamy Bride Johnson kind lady Langton laugh learned letter Lissoy literary London Lord Lord Charlemont manner merits mind nature never Newbery Northumberland House occasion OLIVER GOLDSMITH person picture play poem poet poetical poetry poor Goldsmith pounds poverty present purse replied river Inny says Sir Joshua Reynolds society soon spirit Stoops to Conquer talent talk Temple thing thought tion told took town Traveller uncle Contarine Vicar of Wakefield Village whimsical William Filby writings
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الصفحة 249 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
الصفحة 223 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran; E'en children follow'd, with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile...
الصفحة 249 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
الصفحة 250 - Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
الصفحة 23 - 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. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
الصفحة 161 - 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.
الصفحة 21 - More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train...
الصفحة 122 - HERE lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed, Who long was a bookseller's hack; He led such a damnable life in this world, I don't think he'll wish to come back.
الصفحة 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
الصفحة 234 - Goldsmith's abridgement is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale.