“That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 5.
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The Vicar of Wakefield – subtitled A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself – is a novel by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith . It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and widely read 18th-century novels among Victorians.
“Handsome is that handsome does.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 1.
“I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act I
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Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 29, Song, st. 1.
“To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 21.
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Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 17, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, st. 4.
“The dog, to gain some private ends,
Went mad, and bit the man.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 17, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, st. 5.
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 29, Song, st. 2.
“I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 7.
“To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 19.
“By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 9.
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Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 1, opening lines.
“We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 1.
“Let us draw upon Content for the deficiencies of fortune.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 3.
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Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 8, The Hermit (Edwin and Angelina), st. 6-7.
“It seemed to be pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 16.
