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" ... with affection and esteem; he wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and rendered us incapable of withstanding the slightest impulse made either by real or fictitious distress; in a word, we were perfectly instructed in the art of giving away thousands,... "
The Citizen of the World - Page 102
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1891 - 556 pages
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 584 pages
...cemented society;2 we were taught to consider all the wants of mankind as our own ; to regard the ' human face divine ' with affection and esteem ; he wound...by real or fictitious distress : in a word, we were ptri'cctly instructed in the art of giving away thousands, before we were taught the more necessary...
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Life of Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1886 - 608 pages
...cemented society; we were taught to consider all the wants of mankind as our own: to regard the human face divine with affection and esteem; he wound us...of giving away thousands before we were taught the necessary qualifications of getting a farthing." In the Deserted Village we have another picture of...
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The Guardian, Volumes 20-21

1869 - 804 pages
...cemented society; we were taught to consider all the wants of mankind aa our own ; to regard the human face divine with affection and esteem ; he wound us...of giving away thousands before we were taught the necessary qualifications of getting a farthing." "At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...
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The Citizen of the World, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1891 - 332 pages
...cemented society ; we were taught to consider all the wants of mankind as our own ; to regard the human face divine with affection and esteem ; he wound us...we were perfectly instructed in the art of giving aiaay thousands before we were taught the more necessary qualification of getting a farthing. " I cannot...
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Simple History of English Literature: With Illustrative Extracts

A. L. Stronach - 1891 - 290 pages
...with affection and esteem ; he rendered us incapable of withstanding the slightest impulse made by distress. In a word, we were perfectly instructed...giving away thousands before we were taught the more neco.Hsary qualifications of getting a farthing." 4. So the little boy grew up, generous but improvident....
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Miscellaneous Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1893 - 780 pages
...to consider all the wants of mankind as our own; to regard the human face divine with affection »nd unch ; So I cut it, and sent it to Reynolds undrest,...that might rival Monroe's : But in parting with t thousands,before we were taught the more necessary qualifications of getting a farthing. " I cannot...
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Some of Our English Poets

Charles Dent Bell - 1895 - 296 pages
...cemented society. We were taught to consider all the wants of mankind as our own, to regard the human face divine with affection and esteem. He wound us...by real or fictitious distress ; in a word, we were frequently instructed in the art of giving away thousands before we were taught the more necessary...
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The Life of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1903 - 482 pages
...cemented society ; we were taught to consider all the wants of mankind as our own ; to regard the human face divine with affection and esteem ; he wound us...thousands, before we were taught the more necessary qualifications of getting a farthing." Acquisitions highly primitive, and supporting what seems to...
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Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

Washington Irving - 1903 - 446 pages
...we were taught to consider all the wants of mankind as our own ; to regard the human face divine 2 with affection and esteem ; he wound us up to be mere...of giving away thousands before we were taught the necessary qualifications of getting a farthing."1 In the "Deserted Village " we have another picture...
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Irving's Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

Washington Irving - 1903 - 432 pages
...For this purpose he undertook to instruct us himself, and took as much care to form our morals as to of withstanding the slightest impulse made either...of giving away thousands before we were taught the necessary qualifications of getting a farthing." In the " Deserted Village " we have another picture...
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