Life of Oliver Goldsmith . omething in the harmless infirmities ofa good and great, but erring individual, that pleads touchinglyto our nature; and we turn more kindly toward the object ofour idolatry, when we find that, like ourselves, he is mortaland is frail. The epithet so often heard, and in such kindlytones, of Poor Goldsmith, speaks volumes. Few who con-sider the real compound of admirable and whimsical qualitieswhich form his character, would wish to prune away its eccen-tricities, trim its grotesque luxuriance, and clip it down to thedecent formalities of rigid virtue. Let not his fra
Life of Oliver Goldsmith . omething in the harmless infirmities ofa good and great, but erring individual, that pleads touchinglyto our nature; and we turn more kindly toward the object ofour idolatry, when we find that, like ourselves, he is mortaland is frail. The epithet so often heard, and in such kindlytones, of Poor Goldsmith, speaks volumes. Few who con-sider the real compound of admirable and whimsical qualitieswhich form his character, would wish to prune away its eccen-tricities, trim its grotesque luxuriance, and clip it down to thedecent formalities of rigid virtue. Let not his frailties beremembered, said Johnson; he was a very great , for our part, we rather say Let them be remembered,since their tendency is to endear; and we question whether hehimself would not feel gratified in hearing his reader, afterdwelling with admiration on the proofs of his greatness, closethe volume with the kind-hearted phrase, so fondly and fami-liarly ejaculated, of Poor Goldsmith. THE END. ekoch atoaGAirs SOBS. mwm CLBANS __ WINDOWS, NlTHSfc POLISHES TIN-WA ,JlBON8STEEL,&<y.
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