Essays and Criticisms, by Dr. Goldsmith;: With an Account of the Author. In Three Volumes, Band 2J. Johnson, 1798 - 276 Seiten |
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... improved . He was still a stranger , and still deftitute . " The world was all before him , " but the means of present fubfiftence was not easily to be obtained . He applied to feveral apothecaries to be received as a journeyman ; but ...
... improved . He was still a stranger , and still deftitute . " The world was all before him , " but the means of present fubfiftence was not easily to be obtained . He applied to feveral apothecaries to be received as a journeyman ; but ...
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... improving a large farm that we rented , and cultivating a sweet little gar- den laid out on a gentle flope , the foot of which was watered by a brawling rivulet of pure tranf- parent water . Although Heaven had not thought proper to ...
... improving a large farm that we rented , and cultivating a sweet little gar- den laid out on a gentle flope , the foot of which was watered by a brawling rivulet of pure tranf- parent water . Although Heaven had not thought proper to ...
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... point of true taste and genuine politenefs , which are the natu- ral effects of fenfibility and humanity , improved by knowlege ; whereas the prefent mode is an un- natural E 4 natural monster , begot upon the hag Ignorance by her ( 79 )
... point of true taste and genuine politenefs , which are the natu- ral effects of fenfibility and humanity , improved by knowlege ; whereas the prefent mode is an un- natural E 4 natural monster , begot upon the hag Ignorance by her ( 79 )
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... improved by exercise and cultivation . The inftinct of brutes feems perfect as foon as the animal is produced ; the chick , by a furprising instinct , picks a way for itself through the shell into the world , and begins to feed ...
... improved by exercise and cultivation . The inftinct of brutes feems perfect as foon as the animal is produced ; the chick , by a furprising instinct , picks a way for itself through the shell into the world , and begins to feed ...
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... improved into the charities , by intercourfe and continuation of good offices , and the exercise of reafon ; and this in proportion to the strength of reflection and the delicacy of fentiment . The lefs enlightened the mother happens to ...
... improved into the charities , by intercourfe and continuation of good offices , and the exercise of reafon ; and this in proportion to the strength of reflection and the delicacy of fentiment . The lefs enlightened the mother happens to ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admiration Æneid affiftance againſt Alcanor alſo antient Baghdad beauty becauſe breaſt character cife circumftance compariſon confiderable conftitution dæmons Demetrius Phalereus Dervife difpofition diftinguiſhed Engliſh ESSAY ESSAY Eudofia exerciſe expreffion exprefs eyes faid fame Faſcination fatire fays feemed fenfe fenfibility fentiments feven feveral fhall fhort fide fimile firft firſt fituation fleep fome foon fpecies ftill ftork ftrength fubject fublime fuch fure genius GOLDSMITH Greenland heart herſelf Hiftory himſelf Homer houſe ideas Igluka Iliad inftances inftinct inſpired khaliph lady laft leaſt meaſure metaphors mind moft moſt mufic muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion Omrah paffed paffions perfon pleaſure Plutarch Poet Poetry poffeffed prefent purpoſe quæ Quintilian raiſed reafon ſays ſcene ſeem ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſkin ſome ſpirit ſtill ſuch Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranſport underſtanding uſed Virgil whofe whoſe word youth δὲ καὶ
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 229 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Seite 130 - I am a Dane, Swede, or Frenchman at different times ; or rather fancy myself like the old philosopher, who upon being asked what countryman he was, replied, that he was a citizen of the world.
Seite 166 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Seite xxvi - Yet with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive. The poor have pride ever ready to relieve them. If mankind should happen to despise them, they are masters of their own admiration; and that they can plentifully bestow upon themselves.
Seite xxvii - ... intercourse between the sexes than there is between two countries at war. The ladies indeed may ogle, and the gentlemen sigh; but an embargo is laid on any closer commerce.
Seite xxi - Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.
Seite xxix - PS. — Give my sincere respects (not compliments, do you mind) to your agreeable family, and give my service to my mother, if you see her; for, as you express it in Ireland, I have a sneaking kindness for her still. Direct to me, — Student in Physic, in Edinburgh.
Seite xxii - There was a quick, but not a strong vegetation, of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it. No deep root could be struck. The oak of the forest did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession. It has been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation ; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated.
Seite 204 - To be, or not to be — that is the queftion. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to fuffer The flings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, And by oppofing, end them.
Seite xxvii - Scotch gentleman told me, (and, faith, I believe he was right) that I was a very great pedant for my pains.