 I had some knowledge of music, with a tolerable voice, and now turned what was once my amusement into a present means of subsistence. I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry;...  The Vicar of Wakefield - Page 174by Oliver Goldsmith - 1906 - 301 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...sprighu ly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approach= ed a peasant's house towards nighufall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...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, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...'bouse toward nightfall," he used to say, " I played one of my most merry " tunes ; and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day : but, in truth, (his constant expression) I must " own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons... | |
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1801 - 526 pages
...Flanders and Germany. " "Whenever I approached," he used to say, '- a peasant's house towards night fall, I played one of my most merry tunes ; and that procured...not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day ; but in truth (his constant expression) I must own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons of a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...house towards nightfall," he used to say, " I played one of my most merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day; " but in truth," his constant expression, " I must own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons of... | |
 | English literature - 1804 - 286 pages
...to" wards night-fall,'" he used to say, " I played one of ' my most merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next ' day : but, in truth" (his constant expression; " 1 roust own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...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...approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played on the German flute one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...a present means of " subsistence. Whenever I approached a peasant's «' house towards night -fall, I played one of my most " merry tunes, and that procured..." lodging but subsistence for the next day. I once " or twice attempted to play to people of fashion, " but they always thought my performance odious,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...house towards night-fall," he used to say, " I played one of my most merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day : but, IN TRUTH," (his constant expression,) " I must own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...house towards flight-fall," he used to say, " I played one of my most merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day : but, in truth, (his constant expression), I must own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...harm* less 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...Whenever I approached a peasant's house ' towards ' towards night-fall, 1 played one of my most merry ' tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging... | |
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