 I had some knowledge of music, with a tolerable voice, and now turned what was once my amusement into a present means of subsistence. I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry;...  The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale ... - Pàgina 183per Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 300 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pàgines
...present means of subslale.ice. I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of tue French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for I ever found them sprightly In proportion to their want*. Wlu- nevw I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, 1 played one of my most merry tunes... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1860 - 806 pàgines
...•was my amusement into a present means of subsistence Whenever I approached a peasant's house toward nightfall I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day." In Italy his musical powers no longer availed him, for, he said,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1861 - 570 pàgines
...he) among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to^>e very merry ; for I ever found them sprightly in proportion...approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played on my German flute one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pàgines
...present means of snb*islc.icc. I parsed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of lue French as were poor enough to be very merry; for I...I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, 1 played one of my most merry tunes and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 436 pàgines
...present means of subsistence. I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for...merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion ; but they... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 pàgines
...present means of subsistence. I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry, for I...peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my merriest tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day ; but in... | |
 | James Beattie, Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 540 pàgines
...steps homeward through France. The " Philosophic Vagabond" tells us how his flute was his forager: — "Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall,...played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured for me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day." To the same circumstance he alludes more... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Henry William Dulcken - 1865 - 410 pàgines
...present means of subsistence. I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for...merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion ; but they... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pàgines
...present means of subsistence. I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for...my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only lodging, but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion;... | |
 | 1865 - 1136 pàgines
...present means of subsistence. I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry, for I...peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my merriest tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day ; but, in... | |
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