Essays and Criticisms, by Dr. Goldsmith;: With an Account of the Author. In Three Volumes, Volumen2J. Johnson, 1798 - 276 páginas |
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Página xxii
... ideas which we often find in his countrymen , and which sometimes 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 ...
... ideas which we often find in his countrymen , and which sometimes 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 ...
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... idea that true Moflems have of the Carubun and Sajeduh , angels that adore the Most High in the feventh heaven ; and her eyes lightened like the precious stone of Hafala , which the prophet faw in the vifion Borak . Though her posture ...
... idea that true Moflems have of the Carubun and Sajeduh , angels that adore the Most High in the feventh heaven ; and her eyes lightened like the precious stone of Hafala , which the prophet faw in the vifion Borak . Though her posture ...
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... mur , father of the faithful . In the midst of all these enjoyments , which must have been exquifitely felt by a perfon of Omrah's generous difpofition , he still retained the the idea of the fair Fatima , though it no ESSAY II . 37.
... mur , father of the faithful . In the midst of all these enjoyments , which must have been exquifitely felt by a perfon of Omrah's generous difpofition , he still retained the the idea of the fair Fatima , though it no ESSAY II . 37.
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With an Account of the Author. In Three Volumes Oliver Goldsmith. the idea of the fair Fatima , though it no longer excited painful fenfations , but rather a tender re- membrance , which he cherished with a kind of melancholy felf ...
With an Account of the Author. In Three Volumes Oliver Goldsmith. the idea of the fair Fatima , though it no longer excited painful fenfations , but rather a tender re- membrance , which he cherished with a kind of melancholy felf ...
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... ideas of ambition revived . He defired he might be led forthwith to the trial ; and the Dervise , unwilling to baulk his inclination , fet out with him upon his journey by moon - light . These THE fun had not yet gilded the hemisphere ...
... ideas of ambition revived . He defired he might be led forthwith to the trial ; and the Dervise , unwilling to baulk his inclination , fet out with him upon his journey by moon - light . These THE fun had not yet gilded the hemisphere ...
Términos y frases comunes
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
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página xxvii - Scotch gentleman told me, (and, faith, I believe he was right) that I was a very great pedant for my pains.