 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...Whenever I approached a peafant's houfe towards night-fall,' he ufed to fay, ' I played one of my moft merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but fubfiftence for the next day: but in truth,' his conftant exprcflion, ' I muft own, whenever 1 attempted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 212 pages
...Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall^ I played one of my mo6t merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to flay fOrpeo-. pie of fashion, b'ut" they, always thought my, performance... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...Whenever I approached a peafant's " houfe towards night-fall," he ufed to fay, " I played one of my mod merry " tunes, and that generally procured me " not only a lodging, but fubfiftence for " the next day : but, IN TRUTH" (his conftant expreffion) " I muft own, when" ever... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...Whenever I approached a peafant's " houfe towards night-fall," he ufcd to fay, " I played one of my moft merry *' tunes, and that generally procured me " not only a lodging, but fubfiftence for "the next day: but, IN TRUTH" (his conftant exprefTfon) " I mud own, when" ever 1 attempted... | |
 | Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...Whenever I approached a peafant's houfe towards night fall," he uled to fay, " I played one of my moft merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but fubfiftence for the next day: but, IN TRUTH" (his conftant expreffion), ** 1 muft own, whenever I attempted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1798 - 282 pages
...I approached a peafant's houfe towards merry nightfall," hi ufed to fay, " I played one of my moft merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but fubfiftence for the next day ; " but in truth," his conftant expreffion, " I muft own, whenever I attempted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...Whenever I approach= ed a peasant's house towards nighufall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion ; bnt they always thought my performance odious,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...Flanders and Germany. " Whenever I approached a peasant's 'bouse toward nightfall," he used to say, " I played one of my most merry " tunes ; and that generally...whenever I attempted to entertain persons of a higher tank, they always " always thought ray performance odious, and never made me any return " for my endeavours... | |
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1801 - 526 pages
...used to say, '- a peasant's house towards night fall, I played one of my most merry tunes ; and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for...my performance odious, and never made me any return formjr endeavours to please them." On Mr. Goldsmith's arrival at Geneva, he was recommended as a proper... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1802 - 130 pages
...Whenever I approached a peafant's houfe towards night fall," he ufed to fay, " I played one of my mcfl merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but fubfiftence for the next day: but in truth" (his conftant expreffion) " I muft own, when. ever I attemp'ed... | |
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I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one... 
