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Pàgina xxiv
... mean to injure him ; but he is vexed to think that your behaviour to him on that occasion may be interpreted as a proof that he is despised by you , which I know is not the case . Earl Percy is to dine with General Paoli nex ! Friday ...
... mean to injure him ; but he is vexed to think that your behaviour to him on that occasion may be interpreted as a proof that he is despised by you , which I know is not the case . Earl Percy is to dine with General Paoli nex ! Friday ...
Pàgina xxvii
... mean to teach ? Besides , sir , what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this country by his narrow exertions ? Sir , it is burning a farthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais . ” Now here is dropped out the ...
... mean to teach ? Besides , sir , what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this country by his narrow exertions ? Sir , it is burning a farthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais . ” Now here is dropped out the ...
Pàgina xlvii
... means as simply uncon- scious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange im- putation . But it ...
... means as simply uncon- scious of the pointed effects of the satire . I own , indeed , that I was arrogant enough to suppose that the tenor of the rest of the book would sufficiently guard me against such a strange im- putation . But it ...
Pàgina 16
... mean and vulgar man , drunk every night , but drunk with little drink ; very peevish , very proud , very ostentatious , but , luckily , not rich . At my aunt Ford's I ate so much of a boiled leg of mutton , that she used to talk of it ...
... mean and vulgar man , drunk every night , but drunk with little drink ; very peevish , very proud , very ostentatious , but , luckily , not rich . At my aunt Ford's I ate so much of a boiled leg of mutton , that she used to talk of it ...
Pàgina 17
... means of the rod . " I would rather ( said he ) have the rod to be the general terrour to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod pro ...
... means of the rod . " I would rather ( said he ) have the rod to be the general terrour to all , to make them learn , than tell a child , if you do thus , or thus , you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters . The rod pro ...
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Pàgina 256 - 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.
Pàgina 256 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as 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.
Pàgina 241 - That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.
Pàgina 41 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great ; and what he did not immediately know, he could at least tell where to find.
Pàgina 470 - Goldsmith tells you shortly all you want to know ; Robertson detains you a great deal too long. No man will read Robertson's cumbrous detail a second time ; but Goldsmith's plain narrative will please again and again.
Pàgina 411 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Pàgina 158 - Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, My Lord...
Pàgina 275 - Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellowcitizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.
Pàgina 6 - ... occurrences. Thus Sallust, the great master of nature, has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark, that his walk was now quick, and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving z with violent commotion.
Pàgina 119 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...