ISBN: 9780217127196

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1837 Excerpt: ... The Good-Natured Man was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on the 29th of January 1768. Goldsmith seems to have taken the hint of the character from whom the play is named from the lover of the unfortunate Miss Braddock, in his own Life of Beau Nash, see vol. iii. p. 295. Dr. Johnson, says Boswell, pronounced it to be the best comedy that had appeared since ''The Provoked Husband,'' and declared that there had not been of late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker. I observed, it was the Suspirius of his Rambler. He said Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it from thence.--See Life, ch.xvii. PREFACE. When I undertook to write a comedy, I confess I was strongly prepossessed in favour of the poets of the last age, and strove to imitate them. The term, genteel comedy, was then unknown amongst us, and little more was desired by an audience, than nature and humour, in whatever walks of life they were most conspicuous. The author of the following scenes never imagined that more would be expected of him, and therefore to delineate character has been his principal aim. Those who know any thing of composition, are sensible that, in pursuing humour, it will sometimes lead us into the recesses of the mean: I was even tempted to look for it in the master of a spunging-house; but in deference to the public taste, grown of late, perhaps, too delicate, the scene of the bailiffs was retrenched in the representation.(1) In deference also to the judgment of a few friends, who think in a particular way, the scene is here restored. The author submits it to the reader in his closet; and hopes that too much refinement will not banish humour and character from ours, as it has already done from the French theatre. Indeed, the French comedy is n... Oliver Goldsmith, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, The Miscellaneous Works Of Oliver Goldsmith, M.b. Volume 4; Poems. Dramas. Criticism Relating To Poetry And The Belles-letters Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 4; Original Published by: John Murray in 1837 in 538 pages; Subjects: Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

ISBN: 9780217127196

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE CAPTIVITY; OR AT OR I CM" (I) [Written in 1764, and now printed from the original manuscript, in Goldsmith's hand-writing, in the possession of Mr. Murray. - See Life, ch. xiv.] THE PERSONS. First Jewish Prophet. Second Jewish Prophet. Israelitish Woman. First Chaldean Priest. Second Chaldean Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE CAPTIVITY; OR AT OR I CM" (I) [Written in 1764, and now printed from the original manuscript, in Goldsmith's hand-writing, in the possession of Mr. Murray. - See Life, ch. xiv.] THE PERSONS. First Jewish Prophet. Second Jewish Prophet. Israelitish Woman. First Chaldean Priest. Second Chaldean Priest. Chaldean Woman. Chorus Of Youths And Virgins. Scene-The Banks of the River Euphrates, near Babylon. THE CAPTIVITY, ORATORIO. ACT I-Scene I. Israelites sitting on the Banks of the Euphrates. First Prophet. Recitative. Ye captive tribes, that hourly work and weep, Where flows Euphrates, murmuring to the deep; Suspend awhile the task, the tear suspend, And turn to God, your father and your friend: Insulted, chain'd, and all the world a foe, Our God alone is all we boast below. First Prophet. Air. Our God is all we boast below, To him we turn our eyes; And every added weight of woe Shall make our homage rise. VOL. TV. G Second Prophet. And though no temple richly drest, Nor sacrifice is here; We'll make his temple in our breast, And offer up a tear. [The first stanza repeated by the Chorus. Second Prophet. Recitative. That strain once more: it bids remembrance rise, And brings my long-lost country to mine eyes. Ye fields of Sharon, dress'd in flowery pride; Ye plains where Jordan rolls its glassy tide; Ye hills of Lebanon, with cedars crown'd; Ye Gilead groves, that fling perfumes around: These hills how sweet! those plains how wond'rous fair f But sweeter still, when Heaven was with us there. Air. O Memory, thou fond deceiver! Still importunate and vain; To former joys recurring ever, And turning all the past to pain; Hence, intruder, most distressing, Seek the happy. Books, Literary Collections~~General, Miscellaneous-Works-of-Oliver-Goldsmith-MB~~Oliver-Goldsmith, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217127196

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1837 Excerpt: ... The Good-Natured Man was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on the 29th of January 1768. Goldsmith seems to have taken the hint of the character from whom the play is named from the lover of the unfortunate Miss Braddock, in his own Life of Beau Nash, see vol. iii. p. 295. Dr. Johnson, says Boswell, pronounced it to be the best comedy that had appeared since ''The Provoked Husband,'' and declared that there had not been of late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker. I observed, it was the Suspirius of his Rambler. He said Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it from thence.--See Life, ch.xvii. PREFACE. When I undertook to write a comedy, I confess I was strongly prepossessed in favour of the poets of the last age, and strove to imitate them. The term, genteel comedy, was then unknown amongst us, and little more was desired by an audience, than nature and humour, in whatever walks of life they were most conspicuous. The author of the following scenes never imagined that more would be expected of him, and therefore to delineate character has been his principal aim. Those who know any thing of composition, are sensible that, in pursuing humour, it will sometimes lead us into the recesses of the mean: I was even tempted to look for it in the master of a spunging-house; but in deference to the public taste, grown of late, perhaps, too delicate, the scene of the bailiffs was retrenched in the representation.(1) In deference also to the judgment of a few friends, who think in a particular way, the scene is here restored. The author submits it to the reader in his closet; and hopes that too much refinement will not banish humour and character from ours, as it has already done from the French theatre. Indeed, the French comedy is n... Oliver Goldsmith, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, The Miscellaneous Works Of Oliver Goldsmith, M.b. Volume 4; Poems. Dramas. Criticism Relating To Poetry And The Belles-letters Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217127196

The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith M. B. : Poems Dramas Criticism Relating to Poetry and the Belles-Letters Vol. 4 Author :Oliver Goldsmith 9780217127196 0217127193