The story of English literature for young readers . vating in 326 The Story of English Literature tone, the characters as real as Hving beings. Thereis the Wakefield parson, with his family and friends,his beautiful faith in God, his trust in divine mercy,his simple devotion to his wife and children, hismiseries and his joys, his absurdities and those of hisfamily, all of these belong to the whole world to-day,and remembering the pure and gentle lessons ofmorality taught in Goldsmiths page, we must checkour laughter, we must forget his follies. For a littletime let us only pause, and say, we h
The story of English literature for young readers . vating in 326 The Story of English Literature tone, the characters as real as Hving beings. Thereis the Wakefield parson, with his family and friends,his beautiful faith in God, his trust in divine mercy,his simple devotion to his wife and children, hismiseries and his joys, his absurdities and those of hisfamily, all of these belong to the whole world to-day,and remembering the pure and gentle lessons ofmorality taught in Goldsmiths page, we must checkour laughter, we must forget his follies. For a littletime let us only pause, and say, we honor him. The Vicar of Wakefield and various other workswhich followed it, mighthave brought Goldsmithease, but for his contin-ued imprudences. Hewent off on country visits ;at one house we may fancyhim silently, but tenderlywatchful of one youngface that of Miss Hor-neck whom called theJessamy Bride, but towhom he never dared ut-ter a word of his was welcomed with delight at these countryhomes, where he dressed in the most extravagant. For Young Eeaders. 327 fashion as bills of the same poor Filby will is one of them : Jan. 21. To Syrian bloom satin grain and garter blue breeches, £Z. 2. 7. Mar. 17. Suit of clothes,—colour-lined with silk and gold buttons, 9. 7. o. Suit of mourning, 5- -12 6. and etceteras without end. While he was on hiscountry visits his friends delighted in playing tricksupon him, generally to the ruin of his spriggedand sateen garments, but no one could make himvexed or ill-natured. We must pass over the appearance of Goldsmithsstill favorite play of The Good-Natured Man, which,after various difficulties was produced in 1768. Thepoem of The Deserted Village came next, and, in 1772,he sent to the managers notice his since famouscomedy, She Stoops to Conquer. In those days actors and actresses, as well as themanagers of theatres, w-ere very difficult to deal with,and poor Goldsmith was kept some time in agony ofmind, not knowing what
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