 | 1804 - 286 pages
...life, my friends advised (for they always advise when " theybegin to despise us) they advised me, 1 say, to " go into orders. " To be obliged to wear...I thought was such a restraint upon my " liberty, thot I absolutely rejected the proposal. A " priest in England is not the same mortified creature "... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 314 pages
...I was obliged to embark in the " wide world at twenty-two. But, in order to settle in VOL. III. K & life, my friends advised (for they always advise when..." in brown, I thought was such a restraint upon my li" berty, that I absolutely rejected the proposal. A " priest in England is not the same mortified... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 522 pages
...observed indeed, that I was a little '* duil ; but at the same time allowed, that I . . " seemed. " seemed to be very good-natured, and had no harm "...thought was such a restraint " upon my liberty, that I absolutely rejected the ."proposal. A priest in England is not the same " mortified creature with a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 462 pages
...please my tutor, who observed indeed, , that I was a little dull : but at the same time allowed, thai I seemed to be very good-natured, and had no harm in...thought was such a restraint upon my liberty, that I absolutely rejected the proposal. A priest in England is not the same mortified creature with a bonze... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 508 pages
...without ill-nature to protect, or cunning " to guide, or proper stores to subsist me in so dan" gerous a voyage, I was obliged to embark in the " wide world...thought was such a restraint " upon my liberty, that I absolutely rejected the pro" posal. A priest in Kngland is not the same mor" tified creature with a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 514 pages
...please my tutor, who observed, indeed, that I was a little dull ; but at the same time allowed, that I seemed to be very good-natured, and had no harm in...thought was such a restraint upon my liberty, that I absolutely rejected the proposal. A priest in England is not the same mortified creature with a bonze... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 500 pages
...please my tutor, who observed, indeed, that I was a little dull ; but at the same time allowed, that I seemed to be very good-natured, and had no harm in...long wig, when I liked a short one, or a black coat, wben I generally dressed in brown, I thought was such a restraint upon my liberty, that I absolutely... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...to despise us), they advised me, I say, to go into orders. "To be obliged to wear a long wig, when 1 fore, venture all this to be called perhaps an enthusiast ; nor will h 1 thought was such a restraint upon my liberty, that I alwolutely rejected the proposal. A priest in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...despise us,) they advised me, I say, to go into orders. " To be obliged to wear a long wig, when 1 liked a short one, or a black coat, when I generally...thought was such a restraint upon my liberty, that I absolutely rejected the proposal. A priest in England is not the same mortified creature with a bonze... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 574 pages
...please my tutor, who observed indeed, that I was a little dull ; but at the same time allowed, that I seemed to be very good-natured, and had no harm in...in brown, I , thought was such a restraint upon my libsrty, that I abso- • lutely rejected the proposal. A priest in England is not the same mortified... | |
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After I had resided at college seven years, my father died, and left me— his blessing. Thus shoved from shore without ill-nature to protect, or cunning to guide, or proper stores to subsist me in so dangerous a voyage, I was obliged to embark in the... 
