The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Band 34Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1855 |
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... became " poor physician to the poor . " Yet even in this lowly sphere he was mindful of dress , and while with one hand he felt the pulse of his patient , with the other he held his hat upon his breast to con- ceal a patch upon his coat ...
... became " poor physician to the poor . " Yet even in this lowly sphere he was mindful of dress , and while with one hand he felt the pulse of his patient , with the other he held his hat upon his breast to con- ceal a patch upon his coat ...
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... became , for to the last he composed poetry with singular slow- ness . He used to say that he had been four or five years in gathering the incidents of his " Deserted Village , " and two years were spent in the process of versifying ...
... became , for to the last he composed poetry with singular slow- ness . He used to say that he had been four or five years in gathering the incidents of his " Deserted Village , " and two years were spent in the process of versifying ...
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... became vacant , and Goldsmith , not very delicately , called upon the subject of his censure , who was a perfect stranger to him , and requested his vote . The manager replied that he had de- prived himself of all claim to his support ...
... became vacant , and Goldsmith , not very delicately , called upon the subject of his censure , who was a perfect stranger to him , and requested his vote . The manager replied that he had de- prived himself of all claim to his support ...
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... became acquainted with him in 1769 , and often visited him in conjunction with another of his countrymen , the young and at that time unknown Henry Grattan . habit of Goldsmith , according to this unex- ceptionable witness , was to lay ...
... became acquainted with him in 1769 , and often visited him in conjunction with another of his countrymen , the young and at that time unknown Henry Grattan . habit of Goldsmith , according to this unex- ceptionable witness , was to lay ...
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... became known to those who were the subjects of it , and he was obliged to read " it at the Literary Club in its imperfect state . Garrick mentions that the skirmish on the part of all concerned was conceived and exe- cuted in perfect ...
... became known to those who were the subjects of it , and he was obliged to read " it at the Literary Club in its imperfect state . Garrick mentions that the skirmish on the part of all concerned was conceived and exe- cuted in perfect ...
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Seite 148 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Seite 334 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Seite 153 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Seite 5 - THE MEMOIRS OF A PROTESTANT, CONDEMNED TO THE GALLEYS OF FRANCE FOR HIS RELIGION.
Seite 153 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Seite 149 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Seite 152 - ... of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one. but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience.
Seite 105 - Or, in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear ! Hip.
Seite 19 - The king has lately been pleased to make me Professor of Ancient History in a royal Academy of Painting, which he has just established, but there is no salary annexed ; and I took it rather as a compliment to the institution than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt.
Seite 408 - PRACTICAL PIETY; Or, the Influence of the Religion of the Heart on the Conduct of the Life, 32mo, portrait, cloth, 2s.