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Samuel Garth

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Also known as Sir Samuel Garth

British writer

Person · Open Library

Works
10

Top works

  • Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Fifteen Books; V. 1
  • Metamorphoses
  • Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Fifteen Books; Volume 1
  • Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • Dispensary, a Poem [by Sir S. Garth]

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1962-02-07
countrycountry popno fencespop

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Quotes

  • A barren superfluity of words.
  • To die is landing on some silent shoreWhere billows never break, nor tempests roar;Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, 'tis o'er.
  • Some fell by laudanum, and some by steel,And death in ambush lay in every pill.
  • Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear:None please the fancy, who offend the ear.
  • I see the right, and I approve it too,Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue.
  • Hard was their lodging, homely was their food;For all their luxury was doing good.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Samuel
Gender
male
Place of birth
Bolam
Place of death
Greater London
Occupation
writer
Educated at
Peterhouse
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Samuel Garth by Godfrey Kneller 2.jpg
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date of birth
1661-01-01
Commons category
Samuel Garth
date of death
1719-00-00
member of
Royal Society
writing language
English language
Sources (2)

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Samuel Garth, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 7 languages

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