The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 3

Oliver Goldsmith

A. and W. Galignani, 1825

Conteúdo

• LETTERS FROM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD TO: 7
• English passion for politics A specimen of a newspaper Cha: 19
• Letter Page CX Some projects for introducing Asiatic employments into the courts of England 427: 20
• The tie of wisdom only to make us happy The benefits of tra: 26
• with its frivolous motives: 59
• The Chinese goes to see a play: 72
• commended: 84
• Of the degeneracy of some of the English nobility: 91
• III: 113
• The manner of writing among the Chinese The eastern: 128
• Of the present ridiculous passion of the nobility for paint: 134
• A continuance of his correspondence The beautiful cap: 141
• The correspondence still continued He begins to be dis gusted in the pursuit of wisdom An allegory to prove its futility: 144
• The Chinese philosopher praises the justice of a late sen tence and instances the injustice of the King of France in the case of the Prince of Charolais: 150
• The description of true politeness Two letters of different countries by ladies falsely thought polite at home: 154
• The English still have poets though not versifiers: 159
• The behaviour of the congregation in St Pauls church at prayers: 162
• The history of China more replete with great actions than that of Europe: 165
• An Apostrophe on the supposed death of Voltaire: 170
• Wisdom and precept may lessen our miseries but can never increase our positive satisfactions: 173
• The ardour of the people of London in running after sights d and monsters 179: 179
• A dream: 184
• Misery best relieved by dissipation: 189
• The absurdity of persons in high station pursuing employ ments beneath them exemplified in a fairy tale: 191
• The fairy tale continued: 196
• An attempt to define what is meant by English Liberty: 200
• A booksellers visit to the Chinese: 204
• The impossibility of distinguishing men in England by their dress Two instances of this: 208
• The absurd taste for obscene and pert novels such as Tris tram Shandy ridiculed: 213
• Letter Page LXI Proper lessons to a youth entering the world with fables suited to the occasion 246: 214
• An authentic history of Catherina Alexowna wife of Pe ter the Great 250: 215
• The character of an important trifler: 217
• His character continued with that of his wife his house and furniture: 220
• Some thoughts on the present situation of affairs in the different countries of Europe: 225
• The difficulty of rising in literary reputation without in trigue or riches: 228
• A visitation dinner described: 231
• The Chinese philosophers son escapes with the beautiful captive from slavery: 236
• The history of the beautiful captive: 240
• The rise or the decline of literature not dependent on man but resulting from the vicissitudes of nature: 256
• The great exchange happiness for show Their folly in this respect of use to society: 259
• The history of a philosophic cobbler: 262
• The difference between love and gratitude: 265
• The folly of attempting to learn wisdom by being recluse: 270
• Quacks ridiculed Some particularly mentioned: 274
• The fear of maddogs ridiculed: 279
• Fortune proved not to be blind The story of the avari cious miller: 284
• The shabby beau the man in black the Chinese philoso pher etc at Vauxhall: 287
• The marriage act censured: 293
• Life endeared by age: 298
• The description of a little great man: 301
• The necessity of amusing each other with new books in sisted upon: 305
• The preference of grace to beauty an allegory: 309
• The behaviour of a shopkeeper and his journeyman: 313
• The French ridiculed after their own manner: 316
• The preparations of both theatres for a winter campaign: 319
• The evil tendency of increasing penal laws or enforcing even those already in being with rigour: 322
• The ladies trains ridiculed: 326
• The sciences useful in a populous state prejudicial in a barbarous one: 329
• Some cautions on life taken from a modern philosopher of China: 330
• Anecdotes of several poets who lived and died in circum stances of wretchedness: 338
• The trifling squabbles of stageplayers ridiculed: 342
• The races of Newmarket ridiculed The description of a cartrace: 347
• The folly of the western parts of Europe in employing the Russians to fight their battles: 350
• The ladies advised to get husbands A story to this pur: 353
• The English subject to the spleen: 362
• The manner in which some philosophers make artificial: 369
• The philosophers son is again separated from his beau: 375
• Almost every subject of literature has been already: 384
• A visit from the little beau The indulgence with which: 391
• The Chinese philosopher begins to think of quitting Eng: 403
• The utility and entertainment which might result from: 419
• On the different sects in England particularly Methodism: 431
• An election described: 435
• A literary contest of great importance in which both sides fight by epigram: 438
• Against the marriage act A fable: 443
• On the danger of having too high an opinion of human na ture: 448
• Whether love be a natural or fictitious passion: 452
• A city nightpiece: 456
• On the meanness of the Dutch at the court of Japan: 459
• On the distresses of the poor exemplified in the life of a private sentinel: 462
• On the absurdity of some late English titles: 468
• The irresolution of the English accounted for: 471
• The manner of travellers in their usual relations ridiculed: 473
• The conclusion: 478

Informações bibliográficas

• Título: The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 3; Coll. of Engl. lit; Collection of English literature; The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Oliver Goldsmith
• Autor: Oliver Goldsmith
• Editora: A. and W. Galignani, 1825
• Original de: Biblioteca Pública de Lyon
• Digitalizado: 21 set. 2010