Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Oliver Goldsmith
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Editor: David Widger
Release date: October 5, 2018 [eBook #58029]
Most recently updated: January 13, 2023
Language: English
Credits: Produced by David Widger
CHAPTER 2 -- Family misfortunes. The loss of fortune only serves to encrease the pride of the worthy
CHAPTER 6 -- The happiness of a country fire-side
CHAPTER 7 -- A town wit described. The dullest fellows may learn to be comical for a night or two
CHAPTER 8 -- An amour, which promises little good fortune, yet may be productive of much
CHAPTER 11 -- The family still resolve to hold up their heads
CHAPTER 14 -- Fresh mortifications, or a demonstration that seeming calamities may be real blessings
CHAPTER 15 -- All, Mr Burchell's villainy at once detected. The folly of being over-wise
CHAPTER 16 -- The family use art, which is opposed with, still greater
CHAPTER 17 -- Scarce any virtue found to resist the power of long and pleasing temptation
CHAPTER 18 -- The pursuit of a father to reclaim a lost child to virtue
CHAPTER 20 -- The history of a philosophic vagabond, pursuing novelty, but losing content
CHAPTER 22 -- Offences are easily pardoned where there is love at bottom
CHAPTER 23 -- None but the guilty can be long and completely miserable
CHAPTER 24 -- Fresh calamities
CHAPTER 25 -- No situation, however wretched it seems, but has some sort of comfort attending it
CHAPTER 26 -- A reformation in the gaol. To make laws complete, they should reward as well as punish
CHAPTER 27 -- The same subject continued
CHAPTER 31 -- Former benevolence now repaid with unexpected interest
INTRODUCTION.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Geographical Outline of Italy | 11 |
| II. | The Latin Language and People—Credibility of the Early History | 18 |
| III. | Topography of Rome | 23 |
| IV. | The Roman Constitution | 30 |
| V. | The Roman Tenure of Land—Colonial Government | 37 |
| VI. | The Roman Religion | 39 |
| VII. | The Roman Army and Navy | 43 |
| VIII. | Roman Law.—Finance | 51 |
| IX. | The public Amusements and private Life of the Romans | 55 |
| X. | Geography of the empire at the time of its greatest extent | 59 |
HISTORY.
| I. | Of the Origin of the Romans | 63 |
| II. | From the building of Rome to the death of Romulus | 66 |
| III. | From the death of Romulus to the death of Numa | 71 |
| IV. | From the death of Numa to the death of Tullus Hostilius | 73 |
| V. | From the death of Tullus Hostilius to the death of Ancus Martius | 75 |
| VI. | From the death of Ancus Martius to the death of Taiquinius Priscus | 77 |
| VII. | From the death of Tarquinius Priscus to the death of Servius Tullius | 80 |
| VIII. | From the death of Servius Tullius to the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus | 83 |
| IX. | From the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus to the appointment of the first Dictator | 88 |
| X. | From the Creation of the Dictator to the election of the Tribunes | 93 |
| XI. | From the Creation of the Tribunes to the appointment of the Decemviri, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The great Volscian war | 96 | |
| —— 2.—Civil commotions on account of the Agrarian law | 101 | |
| XII. | From the creation of the Decemviri to the destruction of the city by the Gauls, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Tyranny of the Decemviri | 106 | |
| —— 2.—Crimes of Appius—Revolt of the army | 110 | |
| —— 3.—Election of Military Tribunes— Creation of the Censorship | 115 | |
| —— 4.—Siege and capture of Veii—Invasion of the Gauls | 119 | |
| —— 5.—Deliverance of Rome from the Gauls | 125 | |
| XIII. | From the wars with the Samnites to the First Punic war, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Latin war | 131 | |
| —— 2.—Invasion of Italy by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus | 135 | |
| —— 3.—Defeat and departure of Pyrrhus | 140 | |
| XIV. | From the beginning of the First Punic war to the beginning of the Second, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Causes and commencement of the war—Invasion of Africa by Regulus | 144 | |
| —— 2.—Death of Regulus—Final Triumph of the Romans | 149 | |
| XV. | The Second Punic war, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Commencement of the war—Hannibal's invasion of Italy | 151 | |
| —— 2.—Victorious career of Hannibal | 155 | |
| —— 3.—Retrieval of the Roman affairs—Invasion of Africa by Scipio—Conclusion of the war | 160 | |
| XVI. | Macedonian, Syrian, Third Punic, and Spanish wars | 164 |
| XVII. | From the Destruction of Carthage to the end of the Sedition of the Gracchi, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Murder of Tiberius Gracchus | 170 | |
| —— 2.—Slaughter of Caius Gracchus and his adherents | 174 | |
| XVIII. | From the Sedition of Gracchus to the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Jugurthine and Social wars | 178 | |
| —— 2.—The cruel massacres perpetrated by Marius and Sylla | 183 | |
| XIX. | From the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla to the first Triumvirate | 188 |
| XX. | From the First Triumvirate to the death of Pompey, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Cæsar's wars in Gaul—Commencement of the Civil war | 194 | |
| —— 2.—Cæsar's victorious career | 199 | |
| —— 3.—The campaign in Thessaly and Epirus | 204 | |
| —— 4.—The battle of Pharsalia | 208 | |
| —— 5.—Death of Pompey | 212 | |
| XXI. | From the Destruction of the Commonwealth to the establishment of the first Emperor, Augustus, viz. | |
| Section 1.—Cæsar's Egyptian campaign | 218 | |
| —— 2.—The African campaign | 223 | |
| —— 3.—Death of Cæsar | 228 | |
| —— 4.—The Second Triumvirate | 234 | |
| —— 5.—The Battle of Philippi | 239 | |
| —— 6.—Dissensions of Antony and Augustus | 244 | |
| —— 7.—The Battle of Actium | 249 | |
| —— 8.—The Conquest of Egypt | 255 | |
| XXII. | From the accession of Augustus to the death of Domitian, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The beneficent Administration of Augustus | 262 | |
| —— 2.—Death of Augustus | 267 | |
| —— 3.—The reign of Tiberius—Death of Germanicus | 271 | |
| —— 4.—Death of Sejanus and Tiberius—Accession of Caligula | 276 | |
| —— 5.—Extravagant cruelties of Caligula—His death | 281 | |
| —— 6.—The Reign of Claudius | 285 | |
| —— 7.—The reign of Nero | 291 | |
| —— 8.—Death of Nero—Reigns of Galba and Otho | 296 | |
| —— 9.—The reigns of Vitellius and Vespasian—The siege of Jerusalem by Titus | 301 | |
| —— 10.—The Reigns of Titus and Domitian | 307 | |
| —— 11.—The assassination of Domitian | 312 | |
| XXIII. | The Five good emperors of Rome, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Reigns of Nerva and Trajan | 316 | |
| —— 2.—The Reign of Adrian | 321 | |
| —— 3.—The Reign of Antoninus Pius | 325 | |
| —— 4.—The reign of Marcus Aurelius | 330 | |
| XXIV. | From the accession of Commodus to the change of the seat of Government, from Rome to Constantinople, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Reigns of Commodus, Pertinax, and Didius | 333 | |
| —— 2.—The Reigns of Severus, Caracalla, Maximus, and Heliogabalus | 337 | |
| —— 3.—The reigns of Alexander, Maximin, and Gordian | 342 | |
| —— 4.—The Reigns of Philip, Decius, Gallus, Valerian, Claudius, Aurelian, Tacitus, and Probus | 346 | |
| —— 5.—The reigns of Carus, Carinus, Dioclesian, and Constantius—Accession of Constantine | 350 | |
| —— 6.—The reign of Constantine | 355 | |
| XXV. | From the death of Constantine, to the reunion of the Roman empire under Theodosius the Great, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The Reign of Constantius | 358 | |
| —— 2.—The Reigns of Julian Jovian, the Valentinians, and Theodosius | 365 | |
| XXVI. | From the death of Theodosius to the subversion of the Western Empire, viz. | |
| Section 1.—The division of the Roman dominions into the Eastern and Western empires | 373 | |
| —— 2.—Decline and fall of the Western empire | 377 | |
| XXVII. | Historical notices of the different barbarous tribes that aided in overthrowing the Roman empire | 385 |
| XXVIII. | The progress of Christianity | 391 |
| Chronological Index | 395 |
| A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH | vi |
| THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD | 1 |
| THE TRAVELLER | 175 |
| THE DESERTED VILLAGE | 189 |
| THE HAUNCH OF VENISON | 202 |
| THE CAPTIVITY | 205 |
| RETALIATION | 212 |
| MISCELLANEOUS POEMS | 225 |
| THE GOOD-NATURED MAN | 266 |
| SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER | 361 |
1 Miscellaneous Prose Works of Goldsmith, vol. i., p. 79.
2 "The year of Dr. Goldsmith's birth had been universally mistaken, till his family, some time after his death, furnished correct information of the circumstance."—Percy.
| PAGE | |
| The Traveller | 1 |
| The Deserted Village | 29 |
| The Hermit | 57 |
| The Captivity | 67 |
| The Haunch of Venison | 85 |
| Retaliation | 91 |
| The Double Transformation | 99 |
| The Gift to Iris | 104 |
| The Logicians Refuted | 105 |
| An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog | 108 |
| Threnodia Augustalis | 110 |
| A New Simile | 122 |
| On a Beautiful Youth struck Blind by Lightning | 125 |
| Stanzas on Woman | 126 |
| Translation from Scarròn | 126 |
| Stanzas on the Taking of Quebec | 127 |
| Epitaph on Edward Purdon | 128 |
| Translation of a South American Ode | 128 |
| Epitaph on Thomas Parnell | 129 |
| Description of an Author's Bed-chamber | 130 |
| Song, from the Comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer" | 131 |
| Answer to an Invitation to Dinner. | 133 |
| Song, intended to have been sung in "She Stoops to Conquer" | 135 |
| From the Latin of Vida | 135 |
| An Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize | 136 |
| Answer to an Invitation to pass the Christmas at Barton | 138 |
| On Seeing a Lady Perform a Certain Character | 141 |
| Birds | 142 |
| Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius | 143 |
| Prologue to "Zobeide" | 144 |
| Epilogue to "The Sister" | 146 |
| Epilogue intended for "She Stoops to Conquer" | 148 |
| Another Intended Epilogue | 153 |
| Epilogue to "She Stoops to Conquer" | 155 |
| Epilogue to "The Good-natured Man" | 157 |
| On the Death of the Right Hon. —— | 159 |
| Epilogue Written for Mr. Charles Lee Lewes | 163 |