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Anecdotes Of Dr. Goldsmith.
common phrase , " Oh ! that ' s all a holiday at Peckham , " he ret ?* dened with great indignation , and asked him , " Whether he meant to affront him ?" Dr . Goldsmith ' s first settled residence in London , was in Green Arbour Court , Old Bailey , where being introduced to the late Mr . Newbery , of whom tile Doctor always spoke with the highest and
respect gratitude , he gave him a department in the P ° ublic Ledger , where the Doctor wrote those periodical papers called " . Chinese Letters , " which now appear in his Works under tho title of " The Citizen ofthe World . " The Doctor used to tell many pleasant stories of Mr . Newbery , Who , he said , was the patron of " more distressed authors than any of his hme The
man . — following one of Anet , a man who had been pilloried for some deistical writings , and who was then in St . George ' s-fields for debt , he used to relate with much colloquial humour ; Artec , whilst he was in prison , had written a little treatise on the English Grammar , which he sent Goldsmith , bego-fnohis intercession with Mr . Newbery to dispose of it The
. compassion of the Bookseller met that of the Poet ' s , and they called together one evening at Anet ' s apartments in St . George ' sfields . After the usual forms of introduction , the price of the manuscript was talked of , when Mr . Newbery very Generously and much above the expectation of the Anchor , said , "he would give him ten guineas for it . " The bargain was instantly struck and Anet of his
, byway shewing gratitude , said , he would add a dedication to it , along with his name . This was the very thing Newbery wanted to avoid , and which gave rise to the following curious dialogue : ° , . " But , Mr . Anet , " says Mr . Newbery , in his grave manner " would putting your name to itdo thinkincrease the value
, you , of your book ?" , A . — " Why not , Sir ?" JV . — " Consider a bit , Mr . Anet . " A . — " Well , Sir , I do , what then ?"
N . — " Why , then , Sir , you must recollect that you have been pilloried , and that can be no recommendation to any man ' s book " A . — " I grant I have been pilloried—but I am not the first man that has had this accident ; besides , Sir , the public very often support a man the more for his unavoidable misfortunes . " ' N . — " Unavoidable , Mr . Anet!—why , Sir , you brought it on yourself by writing the established
against reli gion of your country , and let me . tell you , Mr . Anet , a man who is supposed to have forfeited his ears on such an account stands but a poor candidate for public favour . " - A ' ~" . We ' !> . > Mr - Newbery ( gettinginto a passion ) , it does Bot signify talking—you either suffer me to put my name to it or , by G— 1 you publish no book of mine . " N . ~ " Very well , Sir , —you do as you please in respect to that matter—but if you have no regard to your reputation , I have some far
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Anecdotes Of Dr. Goldsmith.
common phrase , " Oh ! that ' s all a holiday at Peckham , " he ret ?* dened with great indignation , and asked him , " Whether he meant to affront him ?" Dr . Goldsmith ' s first settled residence in London , was in Green Arbour Court , Old Bailey , where being introduced to the late Mr . Newbery , of whom tile Doctor always spoke with the highest and
respect gratitude , he gave him a department in the P ° ublic Ledger , where the Doctor wrote those periodical papers called " . Chinese Letters , " which now appear in his Works under tho title of " The Citizen ofthe World . " The Doctor used to tell many pleasant stories of Mr . Newbery , Who , he said , was the patron of " more distressed authors than any of his hme The
man . — following one of Anet , a man who had been pilloried for some deistical writings , and who was then in St . George ' s-fields for debt , he used to relate with much colloquial humour ; Artec , whilst he was in prison , had written a little treatise on the English Grammar , which he sent Goldsmith , bego-fnohis intercession with Mr . Newbery to dispose of it The
. compassion of the Bookseller met that of the Poet ' s , and they called together one evening at Anet ' s apartments in St . George ' sfields . After the usual forms of introduction , the price of the manuscript was talked of , when Mr . Newbery very Generously and much above the expectation of the Anchor , said , "he would give him ten guineas for it . " The bargain was instantly struck and Anet of his
, byway shewing gratitude , said , he would add a dedication to it , along with his name . This was the very thing Newbery wanted to avoid , and which gave rise to the following curious dialogue : ° , . " But , Mr . Anet , " says Mr . Newbery , in his grave manner " would putting your name to itdo thinkincrease the value
, you , of your book ?" , A . — " Why not , Sir ?" JV . — " Consider a bit , Mr . Anet . " A . — " Well , Sir , I do , what then ?"
N . — " Why , then , Sir , you must recollect that you have been pilloried , and that can be no recommendation to any man ' s book " A . — " I grant I have been pilloried—but I am not the first man that has had this accident ; besides , Sir , the public very often support a man the more for his unavoidable misfortunes . " ' N . — " Unavoidable , Mr . Anet!—why , Sir , you brought it on yourself by writing the established
against reli gion of your country , and let me . tell you , Mr . Anet , a man who is supposed to have forfeited his ears on such an account stands but a poor candidate for public favour . " - A ' ~" . We ' !> . > Mr - Newbery ( gettinginto a passion ) , it does Bot signify talking—you either suffer me to put my name to it or , by G— 1 you publish no book of mine . " N . ~ " Very well , Sir , —you do as you please in respect to that matter—but if you have no regard to your reputation , I have some far