 ... 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 last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer...  The good-natured man, a comedy ed. by H. Littledale - Page 7by Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 338 pages
...A writer of real merit now may easily be 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 ,«n invitation to dinner, without fearing to incur iiis patron's displeasure, or to... | |
 | 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 - 1837 - 578 pages
...the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now may easily be rich, if his heart be set only on fortune...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 - 1840 - 504 pages
...the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now may easily be rich, if his heart be set only on fortune...He may now refuse an invitation to dinner, without tearing to incur his patron's displeasure, or to starve by remaining at home. He may now venture to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now may easily be rich, if his heart be set only on fortune;...now refuse an invitation to dinner, without fearing LETTER LXXXV. From the Same. I HAVK interested myself so long in all the concerns of this people, that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...in the last age, but continues such no longer, because DO kmger true. A writer of real merit now may the world." — " Yes, sir," replied my son, " but...prevail for the rest, it would be an additional obl reLETTER LXXXV. From the Same. I HAVE interested myself so long in all the concerns of this people,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 pages
...the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now, may easily be rich, if his heart be set only on fortune...that such should remain in merited obscurity."— GOLDSMITH. Citizen of the World, Let. 84. much : if in his early writings some bitter words escaped... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pages
...the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now may easily be rich, if his heart be set only on fortune...fit that such should remain in merited obscurity." — GOLDSMITH. Citizen of the World, Let. 84. 1 Goldsmith attacked Sterne, obviously enough censuring... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 pages
...the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now, may easily be rich, if his heart be set only on fortune...have no merit, it is but fit that such should remain iu merited obscurity." — GOLDSMITH. Citizen of the World, Let. 84. much : if in his early writings... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 pages
...the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now may easily be rich, if his heart be set only on fortune...fit that such should remain in merited obscurity." — GOLDSMITH. Citizen of the World, Let. 84. 1 Goldsmith attacked Sterne, obviously enough censuring... | |
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