“So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar
But bind him to his native mountains more.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 217.
Oliver Goldsmith: 134 citations0 J'aime
Oliver Goldsmith: Citations en anglais
Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act I
“But winter lingering chills the lap of May.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 172.
“The land of scholars and the nurse of arms.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 356.
“Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 50.
“Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go,
Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 344.
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 9.
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 17, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, st. 4.
“As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.”
Source: Retaliation (1774), Line 96.
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Citizen of the World
The Citizen of the World (1760–1761), Letter VII.
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 157.
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 167.
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 189.
“We are the boys
That fear no noise
Where the thundering cannons roar.”
Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act II
“The very pink of perfection.”
Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act I
Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act II
“O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 385.
“The dog, to gain some private ends,
Went mad, and bit the man.”
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 17, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, st. 5.
“The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm,
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 137.
“We modest Gentlemen don't want for much success among the women.”
Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act IV
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Preface.
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 29, Song, st. 2.
Source: Retaliation (1774), Line 29.
“Where village statesmen talked with looks profound,
And news much older than their ale went round.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 223.
Source: Retaliation (1774), Line 24.
“Oh sir! I must not tell my age.
They say women and music should never be dated.”
Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act III
“I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too.”
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 7.
“To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?”
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 19.
“A man he was to all the country dear,
And passing rich with forty pounds a year.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 141.
