 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 338 pages
...therefore, of living in a garret might have been wit in the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now...rich, if his heart be set only on fortune ! and for tho^c who have no merit, it is but fit that such should remain in. merited obscurity. He m*y now refuse... | |
 | 1804 - 242 pages
...might have been wit in the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer ef real merit now may easily be rich, if his heart be...displeasure, or to starve by remaining at home. He may now venture to appear in company with just such clothes as other men generally wear, and talk even... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 pages
...ridicule therefore of living in a garret, might have been wit in the last age, but continues so no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now...his heart be set only on fortune, and for those who have.no merit, it is but fit that such should remain in merited obscurity. He may now refuse an invitation... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 522 pages
...therefore of living in a garret, might have been wit in the last age, but continues such uo .longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now...displeasure, or to starve by remaining at home. He may now venture to appear in company with just such cloaths as other men generally wear, and talk even... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 706 pages
...therefore of living in a garret, might have been wit in the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now...displeasure, or to starve by remaining at home. He may now venture to appear in company with just such clothes as other men generally wear, and talk even... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 514 pages
...therefore, of living in a garret, might have been wit in the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now...displeasure, or to starve by remaining at home. He may now venture to appear in company with just such clothes as other men generally wear, and talk even... | |
 | 1826 - 384 pages
...there can be little doubt, that a writer of real merit may now easily be rich, if his heart be set on fortune ; and for those who have no merit, it is but fit that such should remain in obscurity. ANECDOTES OF GENIUS. Addison'B " Cato" " Akuk.a." the .,..»..., A.lieri i.ij 121 ll» Essex,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...therefore, of living in a garret, might have been wit in the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now...displeasure, or to starve by remaining at home. He may now venture to appear in company with just sach clothes as other men generally wear, and talk even... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 578 pages
...therefore, of living in a garret, might have been wit in the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now...who have no merit, it is but fit that such should (1) [Francois Cassandre, who translated Aristotle's Rhetoric into French, and died in 1695, was a man... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 582 pages
...therefore, of living in a garret, might have been wit in the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now...who have no merit, it is but fit that such should (1) [Francois Cassandre, who translated Aristotle's Rhetoric into French, and died in 1695, was a man... | |
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A man of letters at present whose works are valuable is perfectly sensible of their value. Every polite member of the community, by buying what he writes, contributes to reward him. The ridicule therefore of living in a garret might have been wit in the... 
