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Oliver golfsmith brief biography of prophet

          Oliver Goldsmith was one of the most pleasing.

        1. Parents of Oliver Goldsmith took up house on being married in.
        2. Oliver Goldsmith, the fifth child of Charles and Ann Goldsmith, was born at Pallas, a hamlet of the parish of Forney, county of Longford, Ireland.
        3. Prophet to turn from their errors those who go astray, not from curiosity, but a rectitude of in- tention.
        4. To make a long story short, he wanted a servant, and hired me.

          5. Oliver Goldsmith, the fifth child of Charles and Ann Goldsmith, was born at Pallas, a hamlet of the parish of Forney, county of Longford, Ireland..

          Oliver Goldsmith

          Goldsmith, Oliver, was born at Pallasmore, in the County of Longford, 10th November 1728.

          He was the son of the Rev.

          Charles Goldsmith, a clergyman with a large family and a poor living.

          Shortly after Oliver's birth, his father was appointed to another parish, Kilkenny West, with an income of about £200 a year, and the family moved to a good house and farm at Lissoy, midway between Ballymahon and Athlone.

          A dependent, Elizabeth Delap, taught Oliver his letters.

          “Never was so dull a boy; he seemed impenetrably stupid”—was her account of his early abilities.

          At the age of six an attack of confluent smallpox left indelible traces, and extinguished any pretensions to good looks.

          At the diocesan school of Elphin he was confessed by all to be kind and affectionate, cheerful, and agreeable, nevertheless “a stupid, heavy blockhead, little better than a fool, whom every one made fun of.”

          He was singularly sensitive, and suffered