Epilogue to the Comedy of "The Sister" Epilogue to the Comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer" 110 Epilogue spoken by Mrs. Bulkley, and Miss Catley Threnodia Augustalis. Verses, "The window, patched with paper, lent a ray' "Chaste are their instincts, faithful is their fire" THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. BY THE REV. JOHN MITFORD. LIVER GOLDSMITH, one of the most celebrated of English writers, was born on the 10th November, 1728, at a small old parsonage house in a lonely, remote, and almost inaccessible Irish village on the southern banks of the river Inny, called Pallas or Pallasmore,1 the property of the Edgeworths of Edgeworthstown, in the County of Longford. His father, the Rev. Charles Goldsmith, belonged to the established church; in May, 1718, he married Anne, the daughter of the Rev. Oliver Jones, master of the Diocesan School at Elphin, and as he possessed no private fortune, it appears that the young couple depended entirely on the kindness and bounty of 1 "Pallas is often written Pallice or Pallis, and seems to have been so written by Goldsmith's father.”—Forster. 2 "This dwelling was afterwards supposed to be haunted by the fairies or good people of the district, who could not, however, save it from being levelled to the ground."—Ibid. b their relations. The Rev. Mr. Green, her uncle, lent them a house, and at his death the father of our. Poet succeeded to the vacant benefice. The Poet might with reason be proud of his father's name.1 He is described in the well written and elegant narrative, which passes under the authority of Dr. Percy's name, as equally distinguished for his attainments in literature and for his benevolence of disposition. It seems generally supposed that the portrait of the country pastor, in the "Deserted Village," was intended to delineate the character of this estimable man, and was both a fond and faithful tribute of filial affection: a more perfect model of a teacher of the gospel and a follower of Christ could hardly be designed; it reminds one of the character of those plain and simple men, the faithful guardians of their flock, who during the preceding century defended and adorned the protestant church; with whom an unwearied activity of mind, solid and extensive learning, and rich intellectual endowments, were found united with extreme simplicity of manners, the most devout feelings, and the most retired habits of private life. The family of this excellent and singlehearted man consisted of four sons and two daughters.? 1 Mr. T. Campbell says, "there was a tradition in the family that they were descended from Juan Romeiro, a Spanish gentleman, who had settled in Ireland in the sixteenth century, and had married a woman, whose name of Goldsmith was adopted by their descendants." v. Spec. of Br. Poets, vi. p. 251. Oliver himself; Charles, who went to America; Maurice, |