This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...Chatterton, and with a soul no less independent, he jostled the crowds of London streets. His brave, hopeful, patient Irish spirit, however, did not droop in despair like that of the "marvellous boy." The consequential apothecary in town might laugh, as he did laugh, at the idea of engaging such an uncouth, weather ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...Chatterton, and with a soul no less independent, he jostled the crowds of London streets. His brave, hopeful, patient Irish spirit, however, did not droop in despair like that of the "marvellous boy." The consequential apothecary in town might laugh, as he did laugh, at the idea of engaging such an uncouth, weather-beaten, twenty-eight-year-old apprentice j our poet sighed, but persevered Often did his applications for employment meet with a cold repulse. After suffering much privation, a charitable chemist took pity on his forlorn condition, and employed the future author of "The Vicar of Wakefield" to spread plaisters, and compound boluses behind his counter. It was an office of great drudgery, and offering little remuneration, but he cheerfully toiled till something better could be found. Shortly after this we find him usher in a school; and again in a little while practising as a physician in the suburbs, (he had previously taken a medical degree at Padua, in Italy) and writing occasionally for the magazines. After suffering many disappointments, Goldsmith, casting all other projects to the winds, commenced the business of a professed author. From henceforth his life was one wild extreme. At one time possessing money in abundance; at another reduced to absolute want. Now treating the circle of his friends to a sumptuous dinner at the "Crow and Crown," and again racking his brain to discover the means to provide a breakfast. The curt saying, "no song no supper," became a literal fact in the life of Goldsmith. Extremity was at once the bane and glory of his existence, his kind genius, and his ensnaring demon, his life and his poison; the destroyer of his body, and the builder of that fair fame which will prove conte...
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