 | Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...as a writer, whatever literary acquifitions he made." The fame gentleman alfo fays, that Goldfmith was " very much what the French call un etourdi ; and from vanity, and an eager defire of being confpicuous wherever he was, he frequently talked careleffly, without knowledge of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...converfation6; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than common fhare of that hurry of ideas which we often find in his countrymen, and which fometimes produces a laughable confufion in exprefling them. He was very much what the French call... | |
 | English literature - 1791 - 542 pages
...f ; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He ha;!, no doubt, a more than common ' (hare of that hurry of ideas which we often find in his countrymen, and 'л'нсп lometimes produces a laughsblecoiifulion in exexprelling them. He was very much \vhat the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1798 - 282 pages
...fucceffion. It has been generally circulated and believed, that he was a mere fool in converfation ; but, in truth, this has been greatly. exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than common fhare of that hurry of ideas which we often find in his countrymen, and which fome times produces a... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...Noll, Who wrote like an angel, and talk'd like poor Poll.' exaggerated. 478 Oliver Goldsmith. [AD 1763. exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than common...expressing them. He was very much what the French call un t'tourdi1, and from vanity and an eager desire of being conspicuous wherever he was, he frequently... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...succession. It has been generally circulated and believed that he was a mere fool in conversation ; 5 but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, * [He had also published in 1759, " THE BEE, being Essays on the most interesting subjects."] 5 See... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 366 pages
...get. 'Vi, geft. i-jj). — for fhortnefs calfd Who wrote tike an angel, and talk'd like poor Polls). But in, truth this has been greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than common fhare of that hurry of ideas, which we oitcii find in his countrymen, and which fometimcs produces... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...succession. It has been generally circulated and believed, that he was a mere fool in conversation ; but, in truth, this has been greatly exaggerated....from vanity, and an eager desire of being conspicuous where-ever he was, he frequently talked carelessly, without knowledge of the subject, or even without... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...Noll, Who wrote like an angel, and talk'd like poor Poll.' But, in reality, these descriptions are greatly exaggerated. He had, no doubt, a more than...often find in his countrymen, and which sometimes introduces a laughable confusion in expressing them. He was very much what the French call un etoiirdi... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 904 pages
...appeared in gay succession. It has been generally believed that he was a mere fool in conversation; but in truth this has been greatly exaggerated. He...of that hurry of ideas which we often find in his countrymen3 and which sometimes produces a laugh dble confusion in expressing them. He was very mnch... | |
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He had no doubt a more than common share of that hurry of ideas which we often find in his countrymen, and which sometimes produces a laughable confusion in expressing them. 
