...the last word in the first line of your 'Traveller'? 1 Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow.' Do you mean tardiness of locomotion ? " Goldsmith, who would..." Yes." I was sitting by and said, " No, sir, you did not mean tardiness of locomotion : you mean that sluggishness of mind which comes upon a man in...

...do believe he wrote this poem himself; and let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Chamier once asked him, what he meant by slow, the last word in the first line of The Traveler, 'Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,' — Did he mean tardiness of locomotion? Goldsmith,...

...intention in literature A member of the London Literary Club, Anthony Chamier, once asked Oliver Goldsmith 'what he meant by slow, the last word in the first...something without consideration, answered "yes".' But Samuel Johnson happened to be present and cut in, 'No, Sir, you do not mean tardiness of locomotion,...

...slow, the last word in the first line of'The Traveller,' 'Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow.' Did be mean tardiness of locomotion? Goldsmith, who would...something without consideration, answered, 'Yes.' [Johnsoul w as sitting by, and said, 'No, Sir; you do not mean tardiness of locomotion; you mean, that...

...believe he wrote this poem himself: and, let me tell you, that is believing a great deal.' Chamier once asked him what he meant by slow, the last word in the first line of Tlie Traveller, Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow. Did he mean tardiness of locomotion? Goldsmith,...