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Anecdotes Of Dr. Goldsmith.
beginning , and a very narrow education . Pie had a growing family too , which be supported with decenc } '' and reputation . Goldsmith had the superiority of genius and education , but would not bend either beneath the level of his own understanding—whilst Kelly , who understood little more than the surface of things , ' better accommodated his knowledge to all the vicissitudes of public opinion . Their acquaintance commenced soon after the publication
of " The Traveller , " at a time when Kelly was Editor of the Public Ledger . It was begun in a frank manner on the side of Kelly , who meeting him at the Temple Exchange Coffee house , wished him joy of the success of his poem , and in the course of the conversation invited him to dine with him . " I would with pleasure accept of your kind invitation" said . Goldsmith
, , "but to tell you the truth , my dear boy , my " Traveller" lias found ine a home in so many places , that 1 am engaged , 1 believe , three days—let " me see—to-day I dine with Edmund Burke , to-morrow with Dr . Nugent , and the next day with Tppham Beauclerc—but I'll tell you what I'll do for you , I'll dine with you on Saturday . " Kellaccepted his offerand a growing intimacy subsisted betweeil
y , them ' till the success of " False Delicacy " dissolved it . To acquit Goldsmith of all manner of blame on this occasion , would be sacrificing too much to departed friendship ; but I will appeal toall close observers upon human nature , whether , in the rivalship of profession , some sparks of enmity do not appear in breasts otherwise
tuned to all the harmonies of life . " Themistocles could not sleep for the trophies of Miltiades , "—and the sluggish disposition of a late first law officer , he confessed himself , was roused by the rapid strides of a contending brother . In short , there is a certain degree of envy almost inseparable from ambition , and happy are thosefew who can run their race without it . Had Kelly been content to keep in the back groundGoldsmith would have shared his last
, guinea with him , and in doing it would have felt all the fine influences of his general good-nature—but to contend for the bow of Ulysses , " That was a fault ; that way envy lay . " Though the fame of his " Good-natured Man" did not bear him triumphantly through , yet , what with the profits of bis three nights , and the sale of his copy-righthe netted five hundred pounds . With
, this and the savings made by some compilations , which he used to call " building of a book , " he descended from his Attic story in the Stair-case , Inner temple , and purchased chambers in Brickcourt , Middle Temple , for which he gave four hundred pounds . These be furnished rather in an elegant manner , fitted up and enlarged his library , and commenced quite a' man of "lettered ease "
and consequence . Much aboutthistime Dr . Goldsmith was concerned in a fortnightly publication , called " The Gentleman ' s Journal . " He was assisted by Dr . Kenrick , Bickerstaffe , and another Gentleman who undertook the compilation part . This Journal was to do wonders both for original writing , criticism , & c , but , each depending on the
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Anecdotes Of Dr. Goldsmith.
beginning , and a very narrow education . Pie had a growing family too , which be supported with decenc } '' and reputation . Goldsmith had the superiority of genius and education , but would not bend either beneath the level of his own understanding—whilst Kelly , who understood little more than the surface of things , ' better accommodated his knowledge to all the vicissitudes of public opinion . Their acquaintance commenced soon after the publication
of " The Traveller , " at a time when Kelly was Editor of the Public Ledger . It was begun in a frank manner on the side of Kelly , who meeting him at the Temple Exchange Coffee house , wished him joy of the success of his poem , and in the course of the conversation invited him to dine with him . " I would with pleasure accept of your kind invitation" said . Goldsmith
, , "but to tell you the truth , my dear boy , my " Traveller" lias found ine a home in so many places , that 1 am engaged , 1 believe , three days—let " me see—to-day I dine with Edmund Burke , to-morrow with Dr . Nugent , and the next day with Tppham Beauclerc—but I'll tell you what I'll do for you , I'll dine with you on Saturday . " Kellaccepted his offerand a growing intimacy subsisted betweeil
y , them ' till the success of " False Delicacy " dissolved it . To acquit Goldsmith of all manner of blame on this occasion , would be sacrificing too much to departed friendship ; but I will appeal toall close observers upon human nature , whether , in the rivalship of profession , some sparks of enmity do not appear in breasts otherwise
tuned to all the harmonies of life . " Themistocles could not sleep for the trophies of Miltiades , "—and the sluggish disposition of a late first law officer , he confessed himself , was roused by the rapid strides of a contending brother . In short , there is a certain degree of envy almost inseparable from ambition , and happy are thosefew who can run their race without it . Had Kelly been content to keep in the back groundGoldsmith would have shared his last
, guinea with him , and in doing it would have felt all the fine influences of his general good-nature—but to contend for the bow of Ulysses , " That was a fault ; that way envy lay . " Though the fame of his " Good-natured Man" did not bear him triumphantly through , yet , what with the profits of bis three nights , and the sale of his copy-righthe netted five hundred pounds . With
, this and the savings made by some compilations , which he used to call " building of a book , " he descended from his Attic story in the Stair-case , Inner temple , and purchased chambers in Brickcourt , Middle Temple , for which he gave four hundred pounds . These be furnished rather in an elegant manner , fitted up and enlarged his library , and commenced quite a' man of "lettered ease "
and consequence . Much aboutthistime Dr . Goldsmith was concerned in a fortnightly publication , called " The Gentleman ' s Journal . " He was assisted by Dr . Kenrick , Bickerstaffe , and another Gentleman who undertook the compilation part . This Journal was to do wonders both for original writing , criticism , & c , but , each depending on the