 A poet, while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing in their praises. When his fame is increased ' by time, it is then too late to investigate...  Oxford: A Poem - Σελίδα 148των Robert Montgomery - 1831 - 258 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 σελίδες
...while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing...try to continue the chase by the meridian splendour. Parnell, by what I have been able to collect from some who knew him, was the most capable man in the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 σελίδες
...while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing...morning are past, and we vainly try to continue the chace by the meridian -splendour. There is scarcely any man but might be made the subject of a very... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 σελίδες
...while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing...try to continue the chase by the meridian splendour. There is scarcely any man, but might be made the subjectof a very interesting and amusing history,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 492 σελίδες
...while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing...fame is increased by time, it is then too late to imrestigatethe peculiarities of his disposition ; the dews of the morning are past, and we vainly try... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 448 σελίδες
...while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing...try to continue the chase by the meridian splendour. There is scarcely any man but might be made the subject of a very interesting and amusing history,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 σελίδες
...generally sparing in their praises. When his urne is increased by time, it is then too late to in»estigate O w [5 [ w K ビ ۮ z S S Rph|Z & M{ ˗7 Y#'... 4u y 8ol b S @ v? `DP jCU0 B ?Zs0 "G There is scarcely any man but might be made the subject of a very interesting and amusing history,... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1833 - 324 σελίδες
...qualities of a companion, to the elegant invention of the poet. " When the poet's fame, as Goldsmith says, is increased by time, it is then too late to investigate...to continue the chase by the meridian splendour." Thomas Parnell was descended from an ancient family i that for sonic centuries had been settled at... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 σελίδες
...while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing...continue the chase by the meridian splendour." The edition he produced contained chiefly the poems published by Pope, who selecting from the papers of... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 600 σελίδες
...while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing...continue the chase by the meridian splendour." The edition he produced contained chiefly the poems published by Pope, who selecting from the papers of... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 606 σελίδες
...while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing...to continue the chase by the meridian splendour." poems published by Pope, who selecting from the papers of his friend such only as were thought the... | |
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