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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B. (v. 2); Including a Variety of Pieces
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith M B Including a Variety of Pieces - v. 2 Author:Oliver Goldsmith Volume: v. 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1837 Original Publisher: John Murray Subjects: English literature Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Collections / Essays Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / European / French Literary Cri... more »ticism / Drama Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: STORY OF ALCANDE AND SEPTIMIUS ; Shewing, thai no circumstances are so desperate, tchich Providence may not relieve. M Athens, even long after the decline of the Roman empire, still continued the seat of learning, politeness, and wisdom. The emperors and generals, who in these periods of approaching ignorance, still felt a passion for science, from time to time added to its buildings, or increased its professorships. Theodoric, the Ostrogoth, was of the number: he repaired those schools which barbarity was suffering to fall into decay, and continued those pensions to men of learning, which avaricious governors had monopolized to themselves. In this city, and about this period, Alcander and Sep- timius were fellow-students together. The one the most subtle reasoner of all the Lyceum ; the other the most eloquent speaker in the academic grove. Mutual admiration soon begot an acquaintance, and a similitude of disposition made them perfect friends. Their fortunes were nearly equal, their studies the same, and they were natives of the two most celebrated cities in the world ; for Alcander was of Athens, Septimius came from Rome. In this mutual harmony they lived for some time together, when Alcander, after passing the first part of his youth in the indolence of philosophy, thought at leng...« less