...an admirer of Goldsmith must have been a volume of no little interest, the only copy he ever saw of the " Memoirs of a Protestant" condemned to the galleys of France for his religion; a work which had been translated from the French by the author of the " Vicar of Wakefield" in his...

...an admirer of Goldsmith must have been a volume of no little interest, the only copy he ever saw of the "Memoirs of a Protestant" condemned to the galleys of France for his religion ; a work which had been translated from the French by the author of the " Vicar of Wakefield" in his...

...elegance of style or purity of sentiment be considered. Of his works not already mentioned we may cite the " Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion," a translation from the French, and his first known publication (2 Tols. 12mo., London, 1758); "Life...

...elegance of style or purity of sentiment be considered. Of his works not already mentioned we may cite the " Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion," a translation from the French, and his first known publication (2 vols. 12mo., London, 1768); "Life...

...was not an unuseful assistant."* In February, 1758, there appeared two duodecimo volumes, entitled ' Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion." This was a free translation from the autobiography of Jean Marteilhe, then recently published at the...

...humble ambition. jjj gg In February, 175S, two duodecimos appeared with this most explanatory title : The Memoirs of a Protestant, condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion. Written by himself. Comprehending an account of the various distresses he suffered in slavery, and...

...perched on Old London Bridge, between sky and water. It contained, too, the only copy I ever saw of the " Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion,"—a work interesting from the circumstance that— though it bore another name on its title-page—it...

...apprenticeship—his taskwork at the " Review;" his quarrels with the proprietor; his translations from the French of the " Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion;" his despondent retreat to the Peckham academy; his return to the town and the pen ; " in a garret writing...

...principal is that entitled the " Hermit." m The college friend of Goldsmith, and the translator of the "Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the galleys of France for his Religion." He was famous, too, says the " Gent. Mag." for his literary abilities. The epitaph on "La Mort du Sieur...

...Isaac Reed, Life of Goldsmith, p. 15. — prefixed to Poems by Goldsmith and Parnellt 1795. 4to. + " The memoirs of a protestant, condemned to the galleys of France, for his religion. Written by himself. etc. London: printed for R. Griffiths, and E. Dilly, 1758." 12mo. Two volumes....