 In these circumstances the author bids adieu to fame, writes for bread, and for that only imagination is seldom called in ; he sits down to address the venal muse with the most phlegmatic apathy ; and, as we are told of the Russian, courts his mistress...  The American Whig Review - Page 4521849Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...for bread, and for that only imagination is seldom called in ; he sits down to address the venal muse with the most phlegmatic apathy ; and, as we are told...courts his mistress by falling asleep in her lap. His reputation never spreads in a wider circle than that of the trade, who generally value him, not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 438 pages
...Called in; he sits down to address the venal muse * Our author here alludes to the uuaoitr of Collins. with the most phlegmatic apathy; and as we are told...courts his mistress by falling asleep in her lap. His reputation never spreads in a wider circle than that of the trade, who generally value him, not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 290 pages
...for bread, and for that only imagination is seldom called in: he sits down to address the venal muse with the most phlegmatic apathy; and, as we are told...courts his mistress by falling asleep in her lap. His reputation never spreads in a wider circle than that of the trade, who generally value him, not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...for bread, and for that only imagination is seldom called in. He sits down to address the venal muse with the most phlegmatic apathy ; and, as we are told...courts his mistress by falling asleep in her lap. His reputation never spreads in a wider circle than that of the trade, who generally value him, not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...for bread, and for that only imagination is seldom called in. He sits down to address tile venal muse I caught them both in my arms, and snatched them through the Russians, courts his mistress by falling asleep in her lap. His reputation never spreads in a wider... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...for bread, and for that only imagination is seldom called in. He sits down to address the venal muse with the most phlegmatic apathy ; and as we are told...courts his mistress by falling asleep in her lap. His reputation never spreads in a wider circle than that of the trade, who generally value him, not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...for bread, and for that only imagination is seldom colled in. He sits down to address the venal muse ( 40 Russians, courts his mistress by falling asleep in her lap. His reputation never spreads in a wider... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...incapable is he frequently found of guiding himself! ill-, simplicity exposes him to all the insidious be it sufficient to say, that they increased as learning improved, but swarmed on its possessed of fortiliule to stand unmoved the expected bursts of an earthquake, yet of feelings so exquisitely... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1840 - 504 pages
...for bread, and for that only imagination is seldom called in. He sits down to address the venal muse with the most phlegmatic apathy; and as we are told...courts his mistress by falling asleep in her lap. His reputation never spreads in a wider circle than that of the trade, who generally value him, not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...for bread, and for that only imagination is seldom called in. He sits down to address the venal muse with the most phlegmatic apathy ; and as we are told...courts his mistress by falling asleep in her lap. His reputation never spreads in a wider circle than that of the trade, who generally value him, not... | |
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