Goldsmith's the Deserted Village
Goldsmith's the Deserted Village
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293. solicitoas to bless : anxious for success in her effort to charm.
297. verging to decline : cf. note on 1. 20.
304. contiguoas pride : cf. note on 1. 14.
308. bare-worn common : cf. Introduction, pp. x, xi.
313. those joys : the first edition, altered in the third, read, " To see each joy." 316. artist: artisan or mechanic.
Digitized by Google 24 NOTES 817. long-drawn: perhaps a verbal reminiscence of Gray's Elegy ^ 1.32- 318. black gibbet : in 1758, when Goldsmith took up his residence in... Green Arbour Court, he was very near the Old Bailey Sessions House, where all prisoners taken within ten miles of London were tried, and where they were publicly executed when condemned. Near by also was the famous Newgate Prison. In a period when stealing, forgery, and even lesser crimes were punishable by death, the number of executions was very great, and the gallows a common object in the landscape.
819. dome: house. Latin domus. Cf. The Traveller ^ 1. 159.
822. chariot : a favorite word in eighteenth century poetry for a car- riage of pleasure or of state.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
293. solicitoas to bless : anxious for success in her effort to charm.
297. verging to decline : cf. note on 1. 20.
304. contiguoas pride : cf. note on 1. 14.
308. bare-worn common : cf. Introduction, pp. x, xi.
313. those joys : the first edition, altered in the third, read, " To see each joy." 316. artist: artisan or mechanic.
Digitized by Google 24 NOTES 817. long-drawn: perhaps a verbal reminiscence of Gray's Elegy ^ 1.32- 318. black gibbet : in 1758, when Goldsmith took up his residence in... Green Arbour Court, he was very near the Old Bailey Sessions House, where all prisoners taken within ten miles of London were tried, and where they were publicly executed when condemned. Near by also was the famous Newgate Prison. In a period when stealing, forgery, and even lesser crimes were punishable by death, the number of executions was very great, and the gallows a common object in the landscape.
819. dome: house. Latin domus. Cf. The Traveller ^ 1. 159.
822. chariot : a favorite word in eighteenth century poetry for a car- riage of pleasure or of state.
What to read after Goldsmith's the Deserted Village?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774 to read onlineMoreLess
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