Works, כרך 11Putnam, 1851 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 27
עמוד 15
... published several years since . It was written hastily , as introductory to a selection from his writings ; and , though the facts contained in it were collected from various sources , I was chiefly indebted for them to the voluminous ...
... published several years since . It was written hastily , as introductory to a selection from his writings ; and , though the facts contained in it were collected from various sources , I was chiefly indebted for them to the voluminous ...
עמוד 85
... and a formidable Tory rival had started up in the " Critical Review , " published by Archibald Hamilton , a bookseller , and aided by the powerful and popular pen of Dr Smollett . Griffiths was obliged to recruit his forces .
... and a formidable Tory rival had started up in the " Critical Review , " published by Archibald Hamilton , a bookseller , and aided by the powerful and popular pen of Dr Smollett . Griffiths was obliged to recruit his forces .
עמוד 97
... published anonymously ; so that they made no col- lective impression on the public , and reflected no fame on the name of their author . In an essay published some time subsequently in the " Bee , " Goldsmith adverts in his own humorous ...
... published anonymously ; so that they made no col- lective impression on the public , and reflected no fame on the name of their author . In an essay published some time subsequently in the " Bee , " Goldsmith adverts in his own humorous ...
עמוד 100
... publish a book in London , " & c . The residue of the letter specifies the nature of the request , which was merely to aid in circulating his proposals and obtaining subscriptions . The letter of the poor author , however , was ...
... publish a book in London , " & c . The residue of the letter specifies the nature of the request , which was merely to aid in circulating his proposals and obtaining subscriptions . The letter of the poor author , however , was ...
עמוד 105
... publish in London a book entitled The Present State of Taste and Literature in Europe . The booksellers in Ireland republish every performance there without making the author any consideration . I would , in this respect , disappoint ...
... publish in London a book entitled The Present State of Taste and Literature in Europe . The booksellers in Ireland republish every performance there without making the author any consideration . I would , in this respect , disappoint ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
acquaintance amusement anecdote appeared Ballymahon Beauclerc beautiful Bennet Langton bookseller Boswell brother Henry Burke CHAPTER character club Colman comedy conversation Cradock David Garrick dear delight dinner doctor fame favor feeling fortune Francis Newbery friends furnished Garrick gave genius gentleman give Gold Good-natured Green Arbor guinea heart heedless History honor Horneck humor Ireland Irish Jessamy Bride Johnson jokes kind lady Langton laugh learned letter Lissoy literary London Lord Lord Charlemont manner merits mind nature never Newbery Northumberland House occasion OLIVER GOLDSMITH person picture play poem poet poetical poetry poor Goldsmith pounds poverty present purse replied river Inny says Sir Joshua Reynolds society soon spirit Stoops to Conquer talent talk Temple thing thought tion told took town Traveller uncle Contarine Vicar of Wakefield Village whimsical William Filby writings
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
עמוד 21 - More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train...
עמוד 159 - 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.
עמוד 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
עמוד 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
עמוד 79 - Why, why was I born a man, and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve ! Poor houseless creatures ! the world will give you reproaches, but will not give you relief.
עמוד 134 - Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
עמוד 194 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase ; the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy. I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and after having...
עמוד 189 - Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner; but no man alive has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin.
עמוד 167 - I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help: as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men: I look to the booksellers for support; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.