...Célèbres. 2 Detruit. 3 Arrosee. 4 Bretagne. Choice of a Wife. I was ever of opinion that the honest man, who married and brought up a large family, did...only talked of population. From this motive, I had scarce taken orders a year before* I began to think seriously of matrimony, and chose my wife as she...

...same manner. And there is an important omission. ' I had scarcely taken orders a year,' he writes, ' before I began to think seriously of matrimony, and chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but for such qualities as would wear well. To do her justice,...

...ce rapport, l'opinion publique (g26). Une saine pratique 1 « 1 was evcr of opinion that the honest man who married and « brought up a large family did more service than he who conti« niicil single, and only talked of population. • « J'ai toujours pensé que l'honnête homme...

...FAMILY.3 (FBOM THE "VIOAB OF WAKEFIELD," PUBLISHED IN 1766.) I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did...single, and only talked of population. From this motive, (1) Process, a protuberance in a bone. (2 } Goldsmith, had he written now, would not have ridiculed...

...XXVIII. THE FAMILY OF WAKEFIELD BEFORE THE LOSS OF THEIR FORTUNE. I was ever of opinion that the honest man, who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single1 and only talked of population. From this motive, / had scarce taken orders a year before* I...

...A KINDRED LIKENESS PREVAILS, AS WELL OF MINDS AS OF PERSONS. I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did...only talked of population. From this motive, I had scarce taken orders a year, before 1 began to , think seriously of matrimony, and chose my wife, as...

...but his wife should be kept out of his work. Goldsmith said, " I was ever of opinion that the honest man, who married and brought up a large family, did...who continued single and only talked of population." By marriage a man's sympathies are extended and his views of life are broadened. A touching picture...

...earlier eighteenth-century view when he makes his Vicar of Wakefield " ever of opinion that the honest man who married and brought up a large family did...who continued single and only talked of population " (Vicar of Wakefield, 1776, Vol. I. p. i). To " talk of population " was to descant on how to increase...

...Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield begins with the statement: "I was always of the opinion that'the honest man who married and brought up a large family did more service to the state than he who continued single and only talked of populations." Even today the patriarch...

...To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet I chose my wife, as she did her wedding-gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Anglo-Irish author He will hold...