Goldsmith's essays by Oliver Goldsmith

Goldsmith's essays by Oliver Goldsmith Download for free For your e-reader or reading app — Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Calibre etc. Kindle → Use Send-to-Kindle Kobo, Nook etc. → Transfer via USB Phone, tablet or computer → Open in a reading app Other formats & older devices There may be more files related to this item. About this eBook | Author | Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774 | |---|---| | LoC No. | 15018383 | | Title | Goldsmith's essays | | Original Publication | London: John Sharpe, 1819. | | Contents | Description of various clubs -- Specimen of a magazine in miniature -- Asem, an eastern tale -- On the English clergy, and popular preachers -- A reverie at the Boar's-head tavern, Eastcheap -- Adventures of a strolling player -- Rules enjoined to be observed at a Russian assembly -- Biographical memoir, supposed to be written by the ordinary of Newgate -- On national concord -- Female warriors -- On national prejudice -- On taste -- Cultivation of taste -- Origin of poetry -- Poetry distinguished from other writing -- On metaphor -- On hyperbole -- On versification -- Schools of music: objections thereto, and answers -- On Carolan, the Irish bard -- On the tenants of the Leasowes -- On sentimental comedy -- Scotch marriages -- On the dignity of human nature. | | Credits | Tim Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) | | Language | English | | LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature | | Subject | English essays -- 18th century | | Category | Text | | eBook-No. | 79560 | | Release Date | Sep 12, 2026 | | Last Update | Sep 18, 2026 | | Copyright | Public domain in the USA. | | Downloads | 999 downloads in the last 30 days. | Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!