 | Washington Irving - 1854 - 396 sayfa
..." The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation," said he, " is this, he goes on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge...Goldsmith it is a pity he is not knowing. He would no keep his knowledge to himself." And, on another occasion, he observes : " Goldsmith, rather than... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 sayfa
..." The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation," says he, " is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge...knowing. He would not keep his knowledge to himself." And, on another occasion, he observes : " Goldsmith, rather than not talk, will talk of what he knows... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 sayfa
...an adjunct.' " The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation is this : he goes on without knowing ho-w he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge...question purely of Scotch law. It was held of old, ami continued for a long period to be an established principle in that law, that whoever intermeddled... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 sayfa
...misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get olì'. Johnson seemed to be much gratified by this just...compliment. He recommended to me to keep ajournai With such comprehension of mind, and such clearness of penetration, did he thus treat a subject altogether... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 sayfa
...hear himself.' « The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge...is a pity he is not knowing. He would not keep his knowledp-e to himself. I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, 1 As I take my shoes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 sayfa
...bottom. "The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation," said he, " is this, he goes on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge...knowing. He would not keep his knowledge to himself." And, on another occasion, he observes: "Goldsmith, rather than not talk, will talk of what he knows... | |
 | 1865 - 342 sayfa
...hear himself.' ' The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge...knowing. He would not keep his knowledge to himself. I told him that Goldsmith had said to me a few days before, ' As I take my shoes from the shoemaker,... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 sayfa
...an adjunct. ' ' The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation is this : he gocs on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge...Goldsmith, it is a pity he is not knowing. He would not kcep his knowledge to himself.' Before leaving London this year, I consulted him upon a question purely... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 sayfa
...an adjunct.' ' The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge...they say of a generous man, it is a pity he is not riuh, we may say of Goldsmith, it is a pity he is not knowing. He would not keep his knowledge to himself.'... | |
 | John Forster - 1873 - 806 sayfa
...Goldsmith in con"versation," he would say on such occasions, "is this: he "goes on without knowing how "he is to get off. His genius "is great, but his knowledge...As they say of a generous man, it is a pity he is * For the sake of one or two allusions in it worth preserving, I quote from a letter of Dr. Hoadly... | |
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The misfortune of Goldsmith in conversation is this : he goes on without knowing how he is to get off. His genius is great, but his knowledge is small. As they say of a generous man, it is a pity he is not rich, we may say of Goldsmith, it is a pity he... 
