The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-04

or from the elegant sensibility of his man.
nsr, never was 30 charmed, nor did ever |
remember 70 absolute victory a. he gained |
In this dispute" Goldsmith's ramblings
took him into Germany and Switzerland,
from which last mentioned country he sent
10 his brother in Ireland the first brief
sketch, afterwards ampli6ed into bis poem
of the Traveller"
AT Geneva he became travelling tutor 10
mongrel young gentleman, son OF Lon
don pawnbroker. who had been suddenly
elevated into fortune and absurdity by the
death Of and uncle. The youth. before set
ting up for q gentleman, had been an al
iorney's apprentice. and was an arrant pet
tifogger in money matters. Never were
TWO beings more i'll assorted than he and
Goldsmith. We may form an idea OF the
tutor and the pupil from the following ex.
tract from the narrative of the "Philosophic
Vagabond." ----~--
81 was 70 be the young gentleman gov.
ernor. but with proviso that he should al.
ways be permitted to govern himself. My
pupil, in fact, understood the art of guiding
IN money concerns much better than |. He
was heir 10 fortune OF about two hundred
thousand pounds, left him by an uncle in
the West Indies; and his guardians, to
qualify him for the management CT il, had
bound him apprentice to an attorney. Thus
ayarice was his prevailing passion; all his
questions on the road were, how money
might be saved-whch was the least ex-
pensive course Of travel--whether anything
could be bought that would turn TO account
when disposed Of again in London! Such
curiosities on the way as could be seen
for nothing, he was ready enough to look
at; but il the sight Of them was to be paid
for, he usually asserted that he had been
told that they were not worth seeing. He
never paid bill that he would not observe
how smasingly expensive travelling was;
and all this though not P...--snsy-
| Ia this sketch Goldsmith undoubtedly
shadows forth his annoysnces as travelling
tutor TO this concrete young gentleman,
compounded Of the pawnbroker, the petit.
logger, and the West Indian heir, with an
OVERLAPPING Of the city miser. They had
continual difficulties on all points Of ex-
pense until they reached Marseilliss, when
both were & lad to separate.
| Once more on foot, but freed from the
lirksome duties Of "bear leader" and with
some of his pay, as tutor, in his pocket,
Goldsmith continued his half vagrant pere,
eTinations through part of France and Pied
raont, and some of the Italian States. He
had acquired, as has been shown, habit Of
shifting along and living by e1pedients, and
a new one presented itself in Italy. "My
skill in music" says he, in the Philosophic
Vagabond "could avail me nothing in a
country where every peasant was a better
MUSICIAN than |; but by this time had &C.
qlired another talent, which answered my
purpose as well, and this was a skill in
dlsputation. In all the foreign uniyersitie.
and converts there are, upon certain days
philosophical theses maintained against
every adventiliouS disputant for which. il
the champion opposes with any dexterity
he can claim gratuity in money, dinner
and bed for ore night" Though a pool
wandering scholar, hrs reception in these
learned piles was as free from humiliation
as IN The cottages OF the peaSantry. with
the members OF these establishments" SAID
he, 81 could converse on topics of literature
and then i Arrays forgot The neanness o.
mig circumstance"
At Padua, where he remained some
months, he is said TO have taken his medi
cal degree. II is probable he was brought
TO pause in this city by the death Of his
uncle Contarine; who had hitherto assisted
him in his wanderiDgs by occasional
though. OF course. slender remittances
Deprived OF this source OF supplies, he
wrote to his friends in Ireland, and especi.
ally to his brother-in.law, Hodson, describ-
ing his destitute situation. His letters
brought him neither money nor reply. II
appears, from subsequent correspondence,
that his brother'inlaw actually exerted him.
self to raise subscription for his assistance
among his relatives, friends, and acqusin.
tances, but without success. Their faith
and hope in him were most probably at an
end; as yet he had disappointed them at
every point, he had given none OF the an.
.icpated proofs Of talent, and they were too
poor to support what they may have con.
sideIed the wandering propensities OF a
needless spendlhrill.
Thus left 10 his own precarious resour.
ces, Goldsmith gave up ell further wander
ing in Italy, without visiting the south,
though Rome and Naples must have held
out powerful attractions TO one Of his poet
fcal cast Once more resuming his pill grim
staff, he turned his face toward England
walking along from city to city, examin-
ing mankind more nearly, and seeing both
SIDES of the picture" In traversing France
his flute-.his magic fute!-was once more
IN requistion, as We may conclude, BY the
following passage in his Traveller:
"Gsy, sprightly land of mirth and social ease,
Pleased with myself, whom all the world can
please, ...
How often have led thy sportive choir
With tuneless pipe beside the murmuring Loire.
Where shading elms along the margin grew.
And freshened from the wave the ZEPHYR flew.
And hsply though my harsh note falt'ring sill,
but Knocked all tune, and MARI The dancers
skill;
Yet would the village praise my wondrous
power,
And dance fOrge.ful Of the noon,ide hour.
Alike all ages: DANES Of ancient days
Have led their children through the mIrthfu
maze,
And the gay granGsire, skilled in gestic lore,
Hes nisk'd bsnsath the burden of three &C ore I"
ASEcDorE OF BURKE.--The following
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