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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... produced him an hofpitable reception at moft of the religious houses that he vifited ; and his music made him wel . come to the peasants of Flanders and Germany . " Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards merry nightfall , " he ...
... produced him an hofpitable reception at moft of the religious houses that he vifited ; and his music made him wel . come to the peasants of Flanders and Germany . " Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards merry nightfall , " he ...
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... produces a laugh- able confufion in expreffing them . He was very much what the French call un etourdi ; and from vanity , and an eager defire of being confpicuous where - ever he was , he frequently talked carelessly , without ...
... produces a laugh- able confufion in expreffing them . He was very much what the French call un etourdi ; and from vanity , and an eager defire of being confpicuous where - ever he was , he frequently talked carelessly , without ...
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... produced as a rival to that of the prefent Minister * . His eloquence , integrity , and zeal for the in- terests of the commonwealth , may have been equalled by feveral individuals both of Greece and Rome ; but the vigour , fagacity ...
... produced as a rival to that of the prefent Minister * . His eloquence , integrity , and zeal for the in- terests of the commonwealth , may have been equalled by feveral individuals both of Greece and Rome ; but the vigour , fagacity ...
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... produced . ONE day while he wandered among the groves of citrons that skirted the river , to inhale the refresh- ing air , and congratulated himself upon his reco- very , his eyes were fuddenly dazzled with the ap- parition of a female ...
... produced . ONE day while he wandered among the groves of citrons that skirted the river , to inhale the refresh- ing air , and congratulated himself upon his reco- very , his eyes were fuddenly dazzled with the ap- parition of a female ...
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... produced but dif- cord and difquiet . If PICROMACHUS and his Lady are really determined , if poffible , to obtain a radical cure , and retrieve their good - humour , let them make over to the next heirs the great estates . which ...
... produced but dif- cord and difquiet . If PICROMACHUS and his Lady are really determined , if poffible , to obtain a radical cure , and retrieve their good - humour , let them make over to the next heirs the great estates . which ...
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.