The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Оливер Голдсмит

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1763 March 31. Agrees with James Dodsley to write a Chronological History of the Lives of Eminent Persons of Great Britain and Ireland. (Never done.) 1764 'The Club,' afterwards the Literary Club, founded. Moves into lodgings on the library staircase of the Temple. June 26. History of England, in a series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son published. October 31. Oratorio of The Captivity sold to James Dodsley. December 19. The Traveller published. 1765 June 4. Essays by Mr. Goldsmith published. 'The Double Transformation,' 'A New Simile' (Essays). Edwin and Angelina (The Hermit) printed privately for the amusement of the Countess of Northumberland. Resumes practice as a physician. 1766 March 27. Vicar of Wakefield published. 'Elegy on a Mad Dog'; 'Olivia's Song' (Vicar of Wakefield). May 31. Vicar of Wakefield, 2nd edition. June. Translation of Formey's Concise History of Philosophy and Philosophers published. August 29. Vicar of Wakefield, 3rd edition. December 15. Poems for Young Ladies published.

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1766	December 28. English Grammar written.
1767	April. Beauties of English Poesy published. July 19. Living in Garden Court, Temple. July 25. Letter to the St. James's Chronicle. December 22. Death of John Newbery.
1768	February 5. Publishes The Good Natur'd Man, a Comedy, produced at Covent Garden, January 29. 'Epilogue to The Good Natur'd Man.' Moves to 2 Brick Court, Middle Temple. May. Death of Henry Goldsmith. Living at Edgware.
1769	February 18. 'Epilogue to Mrs. Lenox's Sister.' February 29. Agreement for 'a new Natural History of Animals' (Animated Nature). May 18. Roman History published. June 13. Agreement for History of England. December. Appointed Professor of History to the Royal Academy.
1770	January. Letter to Maurice Goldsmith. April 24-May 26. Portrait by Reynolds exhibited. May 26. The Deserted Village published. July 13. Life of Thomas Parnell published. July. On the Continent with the Hornecks. Letters to Reynolds. September 15. Agreement for abridgement of Roman History. December 1. Marchi's print from Reynold's portrait published. December 19. Life of Bolingbroke published. Vicar of Wakefield, 4th edition.
1771	Haunch of Venison written. (?) August 6. History of England published. December 11. 'Prologue to Cradock's Zobeide.'
1772	February 20. Threnodia Augustalis published. Watson's Engraving of Resignation published. December. Abridgement of Roman History published.
1773	March 26. Publishes She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night, a Comedy, produced at Covent Garden, March 15. 'Song in She Stoops to Conquer,' 'Epilogue to She Stoops to Conquer.'

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1773	March 24. Kenrick's libel in the London Packet. March 31. Letter in the Daily Advertiser. May 8. The Grumbler produced. Projects a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.
1774	March 25. Illness. April 4. Death. April 9. 'Buried 9th April, Oliver Goldsmith, MB, late of Brick-court, Middle Temple' (Register of Burials, Temple Church). April 19. Retaliation published. April. Vicar of Wakefield, 5th edition (dated 1773). June. Song ('Ah me, when shall I marry me?') published. June 28. Letters of Administration granted. June. An History of the Earth and Animated Nature published. 'Translation from Addison.' (History, etc., 1774.)
1776	The Haunch of Venison published. 'Epitaph on Thomas Parnell,' and 'Two Songs from The Captivity (Haunch of Venison). Monument with medallion by Nollekens erected in the south transept of Westminster Abbey.
1777	Poems and Plays published. 'The Clown's Reply,' 'Epitaph on Edward Purdon' (Poems, etc., 1777).
1779	Vicar of Wakefield, 6th edition.
1780	Poetical and Dramatic Works, Evans's edition, published. 'Epilogue for Lee Lewes' (Poetical, etc., Works, 1780).
1801	Miscellaneous Works, Percy's edition, published. 'Epilogues (unspoken) to She Stoops to Conquer' (Misc. Works, 1801).
1820	Miscellaneous Works, 'trade' edition, published. An Oratorio' (The Captivity). (Misc. Works, 1820.)
1837	Miscellaneous Works, Prior's edition, published. 'Verses in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner'; 'Letter in Prose and Verse to Mrs. Bunbury' (Misc. Works, 1837). Tablet erected in the Temple Church.
1854	Goldsmith's Works, Cunningham's edition, published. 'Translation of Vida's Game of Chess' (Works, 1854, vol. iv).
1864	January 5. J. H. Foley's statue placed in front of Dublin University.

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Poetical Works of Goldsmith / Contents / Chronology /

      

VIGNETTE TO 'THE TRAVELLER' (Samuel Wale)

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DESCRIPTIVE POEMS

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       THE TRAVELLER

       OR

       A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY

       DEDICATION TO THE REV. HENRY GOLDSMITH

      DEAR SIR,

       I am sensible that the friendship between us can acquire no new force from the ceremonies of a Dedication; and perhaps it demands an excuse thus to prefix your

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