Act II.
The Captivity, An Oratorio (1764)
Oliver Goldsmith: 134 citations0 J'aime
Oliver Goldsmith: Citations en anglais
“By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat.”
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 9.
“Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,
Or by the lazy Scheldt, or wandering Po.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 1.
Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize, st. 1.
The Bee (1759)
“Measures, not men, have always been my mark.”
Act II.
The Good-Natured Man (1768)
“A nightcap decked his brows instead of bay,
A cap by night — a stocking all the day!”
Description of an Author's Bedchamber (1760).
“Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose,
Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 185.
“His best companions, innocence and health;
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 61.
“His conduct still right, with his argument wrong.”
Source: Retaliation (1774), Line 46.
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 1, opening lines.
“The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,
For talking age and whispering lovers made.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 13.
“We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.”
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 1.
“Let us draw upon Content for the deficiencies of fortune.”
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 3.
“In all the silent manliness of grief.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 384.
“Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 386.
“The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.”
No. 3 (Oct. 20, 1759).
The Bee (1759)
“He calls his extravagance, generosity; and his trusting everybody, universal benevolence.”
Act I.
The Good-Natured Man (1768)
“Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 126.
Oliver Goldsmith livre The Citizen of the World
The Citizen of the World (1760–1761), Letter XV https://books.google.it/books?id=cIELAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA44.
“And learn the luxury of doing good.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 22.
“Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see
Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!”
Source: Retaliation (1774), Line 11.
“The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love,
The matron's glance that would those looks reprove.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 29.
“Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
I see the lords of humankind pass by.”
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 327.
“As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.”
No. 175, Upon Unfortunate Merit.
The Bee (1759)
“Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.”
Act I, Scene 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=sZloXETcr24C&q=%22Don't+let+us+make+imaginary+evils+when+you+know+we+have+so+many+real+ones+to+encounter%22&pg=PA21#v=onepage. <br class="br">The Good-Natured Man (1768)
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 161.
“Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 1.
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Variante: A man severe he was, and stern to view;
I knew him well, and every truant knew:
Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace
The day's disasters in his morning face;
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee,
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he;
Full well the bust whisper, circling round,
Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned;
Yet he was kind; or if severe in aught,
The love he bore to learning was in fault;
The village all declared how much he knew;
'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too.
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 199.
“A flattering painter, who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.”
Source: Retaliation (1774), Line 63.
