Oliver Goldsmith war ein irischer Schriftsteller und Arzt, der für seinen Roman Der Pfarrer von Wakefield , sein pastorales Gedicht The Deserted Village und seine Stücke The Good-natur'd Man und She Stoops to Conquer bekannt ist. Unter dem Einfluss von Buffon verfasste er eine umfangreiche Naturgeschichte: A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, die postum 1774 erschien und bis Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts mehrere Auflagen erfuhr. Das achtbändige Werk erlangte in England eine ähnliche Popularität wie Brehms Tierleben als „der Brehm“ in Deutschland. Wikipedia
„Eine Tugend, die immer beschützt werden muss, ist nicht die Schildwache wert.“
Der Landprediger zu Wakefield, übersetzt von W.A. Lindau, Dresden 1825, S. 52 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=ve0Glvb-mj4C&pg=PA52&dq=schildwache "That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel." - The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) ch. 5
„Gesetze schinden die Armen, und die Reichen beherrschen die Gesetze.“
Der Wanderer
"Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law." - s:The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society (1765)
“So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar
But bind him to his native mountains more.”
Quelle: The Traveller (1764), Line 217.
“Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go,
Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.”
Quelle: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 344.
Quelle: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 17, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, st. 4.
“We are the boys
That fear no noise
Where the thundering cannons roar.”
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act II
“The very pink of perfection.”
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act I
“O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!”
Quelle: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 385.
“The dog, to gain some private ends,
Went mad, and bit the man.”
Quelle: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 17, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, st. 5.
“The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm,
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.”
Quelle: The Traveller (1764), Line 137.
“We modest Gentlemen don't want for much success among the women.”
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act IV
Quelle: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 29, Song, st. 2.
Quelle: Retaliation (1774), Line 29.
“Where village statesmen talked with looks profound,
And news much older than their ale went round.”
Quelle: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 223.
Quelle: Retaliation (1774), Line 24.
“Oh sir! I must not tell my age.
They say women and music should never be dated.”
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act III
“I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too.”
Quelle: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 7.
“To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?”
Quelle: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 19.
“A man he was to all the country dear,
And passing rich with forty pounds a year.”
Quelle: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 141.
