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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... "
The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of ... - Page 432
by James Hardie - 1801
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1855 - 582 pages
...their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played on my German flute 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 ; but they always thonght my performance odious,...
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 448 pages
...sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion; but they always thought my performance odious,...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

Half hours - 1856 - 358 pages
...sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached 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 the nest day. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion, but they always thought my performance...
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The Miscellaneous Works: Poems. Miscellaneous pieces. Dramas. Criticism ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 560 pages
...in proportion to their wants, ever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall, I played oni most merry tunes ; and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsist the next day." — See Life, ch. v.] * [" Th«re is perhaps no couplet in English rhyme more...
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The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel, Comprising ...

W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...and whenever I approached a peasant's house, I played one of my most, merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day ; this, however, was not the case with the rich, who generally despised both me and my music.' On his...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes; and UM| procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day." From courts, to camps, to cottages it strays, And all are taught an avarice of praise; Till, seeming...
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Miscellaneous Works Including a Variety of Pieces Now First ..., Volume 3

Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 546 pages
...them sprightly in proportion to their wants Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...not only a lodging but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion ; but they always thought my performance odious,...
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Goldsmith's Deserted village, with notes and a life of the poet by W. M'Leod ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1858 - 114 pages
...amusement into a present means of sub$istence. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day." By means of this and other expedients he worked his way through Flanders (stopping at Louvain), parts...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...im-ani of lubaUtcnce. Whenever I nppronched a {teaaanl'it houoe towards niidit-fiill, I played one of . most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence tir Uie next day." •1*0 tbe lines in "The Traveller," In tbe picture- ofthe Swiss— "And haply,...
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Beeton's Dictionary of universal information, comprising geography ..., Volume 2

Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1859 - 414 pages
...his ilute ; and " whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall," he beautifully says, " I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day." The remembrance of the festive joy which his merry pipe produced at such times is finely recalled in...
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