SOLD BY R. JENNINGS, POULTRY; T. TEGG, CHEAPSIDE, 1818. A 018 2246 SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH, M. B. THIS gentleman was born at Elphin, in the county. of Roscommon, in Ireland, in the year 1729. His father, the Rev. Charles Goldsmith, had four sons, of whom Oliver was the youngest. He studied the classics in Mr. Hughes's school, and on the 11th of June, 1744, was admitted a sizar, in Trinity College, Dublin. During his continuance at the university he made no display of those shining abilities, which afterwards so distinguishedly marked his genius. In the month of February, 1749, which was two years after the regular course of those things, he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the year 1751, he visited Edinburgh, having previously turned his thoughts to the profession of physic, and attended some courses of anatomy in Dublin. At |