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" Distress drove Goldsmith upon undertakings neither congenial with his studies, nor worthy of his talents. I remember him, when in his chamber in the Temple, he showed me the beginning of his Animated Nature; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws when... "
The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 258
by Walter Scott - 1834
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 3

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 pages
...chamber in the Temple, he shewed me the beginning of his Animated A'ature ; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from...and PaternosterRow is not Parnassus. Even the mighty Doctor Hill, who was not a very delicate feeder, could not make a dinner out of the press till by a...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 3

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pages
...chamber in the Temple, he shewed me the beginning of his Animated Nature ; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from...table. But publishers hate poetry, and PaternosterRow Ï5 not Parnassus. Even the mighty Doctor Hill, who was not a very delicate feeder, could not make...
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 6

Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 500 pages
...chamber in the Temple, he showed me the beginning of iiis Animated Nature ; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from...which Pidcock's show-man would have done as well. Pour fellow, he hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor a turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 3

David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...chamber in the Temple, he shewed me the beginning of his Animated Nature ; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from...talk of birds and beasts and creeping things, which Picicock's show-man would have done as well. Poor fellow, he hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor a...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 8

1806 - 512 pages
...the beginning of his Animated ffafure ; it was with a figh, fuch as genius draws, when hard necrflity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds and bealts and creeping thing.", which Pidcock's (how-man would have done as well. ' Poor fellow, he harrlly...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 5-6

Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 904 pages
...chamber in the Temple, he chewed me the beginning of his Animated Nature : it was with a sigh such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from...publishers hate poetry,* and Paternoster-Row is not Parnassu^f " &c. Such is the testimony .of men, who had a personal acquaintance with Goldsmith, and...
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The Prosaic Garland: Consisting of Upwards of Two-hundred Pieces Selected ...

John Evans - 1807 - 318 pages
...;* it wus with, a sigh such as genins draws when hard necessity drives it from its heart to drndge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts, and creeping...turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the table I"— Cumberland. THE NEW TESTAMENT IS an invaluable record, and its contents in every point of view...
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Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1

Richard Cumberland - 1807 - 456 pages
...chamber in the Temple, he shewed me the beginning of his Animated Nature ; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws, when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for breadx and talk of birds and beasts and creeping things^ which Pidcock's show-man would have done as...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 pages
...chamber in the Temple, he showed me the beginning of his Animated Nature ; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws when hard necessity diverts it from its...Paternoster-row is not Parnassus. Even the mighty Doctor Hill, who was not a very delicate feeder, could not make a dinner out of the press till by a...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and ..., Volume 2

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...chamber in the Temple, he showed me the beginning of his Animated Nature; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws when hard necessity diverts it from its...Paternoster-row is not Parnassus. Even the mighty Doctor Hill, who was not a very delicate feeder, could not make a dinner out of the press till by a...
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