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Pàgina xxx
... Pleasures of the Imagination ' first came out , he did not put his name to the poem . Rolt went over to Dublin , published an edition of it , and put his own name to it . Upon the fame of this he lived for several months , being ...
... Pleasures of the Imagination ' first came out , he did not put his name to the poem . Rolt went over to Dublin , published an edition of it , and put his own name to it . Upon the fame of this he lived for several months , being ...
Pàgina xlv
... pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not alto- gether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can i find one in complimenting whom I can with more ...
... pleasure in celebrating the distinguished merit of a contemporary , mixed with a certain degree of vanity not alto- gether inexcusable , in appearing fully sensible of it , where can i find one in complimenting whom I can with more ...
Pàgina xlvii
... pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , London . April 20 , 1791 JAMES BOSWELL . ' 1 ...
... pleasure which my book should afford ; though malignity may sometimes be disappointed of its gratifications . I am , My dear Sir , Your much obliged friend , And faithful humble servant , London . April 20 , 1791 JAMES BOSWELL . ' 1 ...
Pàgina 8
... pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think this a degrading task , and the time and labour which have been devoted to it misem- ployed , I shall content myself with opposing the authority of ...
... pleasure does there arise to a benevolent mind . To those who are weak enough to think this a degrading task , and the time and labour which have been devoted to it misem- ployed , I shall content myself with opposing the authority of ...
Pàgina 16
... pleasure ; for I was indulged and caressed by my master , and , I think , really excelled the At this removal I cried ; the rest were indifferent . made all the twenty five exercises , others made but sixteen . I never showed all mine ...
... pleasure ; for I was indulged and caressed by my master , and , I think , really excelled the At this removal I cried ; the rest were indifferent . made all the twenty five exercises , others made but sixteen . I never showed all mine ...
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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...