 In those charming lines of Beranger one may fancy described the career, the sufferings, the 'genius, the gentle nature of Goldsmith, and the esteem in which we hold him. Who, of the millions whom he has amused, doesn't love him? To be the most beloved...  Expository Writing - Sida 281efter Mervin James Curl - 1919 - 312 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 366 sidor
...he did it better than any other man; he touched nothing that he did not adorn." 4. Thackeray says of him: "To be the most beloved of English writers, what a title that is for a man ! Wander he must, but he carries away a home relic with him, and dies with it on his breast. His nature... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 664 sidor
...of GOLDSMITH, and the esteem in which we hold him. Who, of the millions whom he has amused, doesn't love him ? To be the most beloved of English writers,, what a title that is for a man 1 * A wild youth, wayward, but full of tenderness and prudential anxiety to preserve appearances and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 sidor
...ils pas?" In those charming lines of Beranger1), one may fancy described the career, the sufferings, the genius, the gentle nature of Goldsmith, and the...hold him. Who, of the millions whom he has amused, doesn't love him? To be the most beloved of English writers, what a title that is for a man ! *) A... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 612 sidor
...soothe, caress, and forgive ; to plead with the fortunate for the unhappy and the poor. — WM THACKERAY. To be the most beloved of English writers, what a title that is for a man ! — Ibid. There was in his character much to love, but little to respect. His heart was soft even... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 sidor
...soothe, caress, and forgive ; to plead with the fortunate for the unhappy and the poor. — WM THACKERAY. To be the most beloved of English writers, what a title that is for a man ! — Ibid. There was in his character much to love, but little to respect. His heart was soft even... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 sidor
...m'aimeront-ils pas ? " In those charming lines of Beranger, one may fancy described the career, the sufferings, the genius, the gentle nature of GoLDSMITH, and the esteem in which we hold him. "VVho, of the millions whom he has amused, doesn't love him ? To he the most beloved of English writers,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 sidor
...1728-1774. THACKERAY'S TRIBUTE TO GOLDSMITH.1 i. Who, of the millions whom Goldsmith has amused, doesn't love him ? To be the most beloved of English writers,...is for a man ! A wild youth, wayward, but full of ten212 GOLDSMITH. derness and affection, quits the country village where his boyhood has been passed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 sidor
...described the career, the sufferings, the genius, the gentle nature of GOLDSMITH, and the esteem iu which we hold him. Who, of the millions whom he has amused, doesn't love him? To be the most beloved of English writers, what a title that is for a man ! * A wild... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 sidor
...m'aimeront-ils pas ? " In those charming lines of Beranger, one may fancy described the career, the sufferings, the genius, the gentle nature of GOLDSMITH, and the...hold him. Who, of the millions whom he has amused, doesn't love him? To be the most beloved of English writers, what a title that is for a man ! * A wild... | |
 | William A. Campbell - 1890 - 514 sidor
...having a disposition to do good. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Who of the millions whom he has amused, does not love him? To be the most beloved of English writers, what a title that is for a man ! " He was a friend to virtue," says Sir Walter Scott, "and in his most playful pages never forgets... | |
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