 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 pages
...led by a bear." Death of Goldsmith [Goldsmith died April 4>, 1774-. Dr. Johnson wrote to Boswell:] "Of poor dear Dr. Goldsmith there is little to be...thousand pounds. Was ever poet so trusted before?" CHAPTER V AD 1775-1776. ^ETAT. 66-67 Ossian A1 this time1 the controversy concerning the pieces published... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1928 - 448 pages
...sorrow. "Of poor dear Dr. Goldsmith there is little to be told, more than the papers have made publick. He died of a fever, made, I am afraid, more violent...thousand pounds. Was ever poet so trusted before?" William Cowper, at Olney, was wrestling in his young middle-age with the terrors of melancholia, supported... | |
 | James Boswell - 2008 - 1024 pages
...Lord Hailes intended the same publication; and Dr Home has resigned it to him. His Lordship now must think seriously about it. Of poor dear Dr Goldsmith...You may, if you please, put the inscription thus: 'Maria Scotorum Regina nata 1 5 — , a suis in exilium acta 1 5 — , ab hospita neci data 15 —... | |
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Of poor dear Dr. Goldsmith there is little to be told, more than the papers have made public. He died of a fever, made, I am afraid, more violent by uneasiness of mind. His debts began to be heavy, and all his resources were exhausted. Sir Joshua is of... 
