Chamier once asked him, what he meant by slow the last word in the first line of The Traveller, ' Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,' — Did he mean tardiness of locomotion? Goldsmith, who would say something without consideration, answered, 'Yes. Notes and Queries - Página 1351852Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Johnston Shaw - 1910 - 518 páginas
...the last word in the first line of your 'Traveller'? 1 Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow.' Do you mean tardiness of locomotion ? " Goldsmith, who would..." Yes." I was sitting by and said, " No, sir, you did not mean tardiness of locomotion : you mean that sluggishness of mind which comes upon a man in... | |
| James Boswell - 1916 - 370 páginas
...do believe he wrote this poem himself; and let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Chamier once asked him, what he meant by slow, the last word in the first line of The Traveler, 'Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,' — Did he mean tardiness of locomotion? Goldsmith,... | |
| James Gribble - 1983 - 196 páginas
...intention in literature A member of the London Literary Club, Anthony Chamier, once asked Oliver Goldsmith 'what he meant by slow, the last word in the first...something without consideration, answered "yes".' But Samuel Johnson happened to be present and cut in, 'No, Sir, you do not mean tardiness of locomotion,... | |
| Alvin B. Kernan - 1989 - 384 páginas
...slow, the last word in the first line of'The Traveller,' 'Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow.' Did be mean tardiness of locomotion? Goldsmith, who would...something without consideration, answered, 'Yes.' [Johnsoul w as sitting by, and said, 'No, Sir; you do not mean tardiness of locomotion; you mean, that... | |
| James Boswell - 2008 - 1024 páginas
...believe he wrote this poem himself: and, let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Chamier once asked him what he meant by slow, the last word in the first line of Tlie Traveller, Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow. Did he mean tardiness of locomotion? Goldsmith,... | |
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