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Page xviii
He was introduced to Johnson , who was then considered as the first of living
English writers ; to Reynolds , the first of English painters ; and to Burke , who had
not yet entered parliament , but had distinguished himself greatly by his writings ...
He was introduced to Johnson , who was then considered as the first of living
English writers ; to Reynolds , the first of English painters ; and to Burke , who had
not yet entered parliament , but had distinguished himself greatly by his writings ...
Page xxvii
There probably were never four talkers more admirable in four different ways
than Johnson , Burke , Beauclerk , and Garrick ; and Goldsmith was on terms of
intimacy with all the four . He aspired to share in their colloquial renown ; but
never ...
There probably were never four talkers more admirable in four different ways
than Johnson , Burke , Beauclerk , and Garrick ; and Goldsmith was on terms of
intimacy with all the four . He aspired to share in their colloquial renown ; but
never ...
Page xxxii
The coffin was followed by Burke and Reynolds . Both these great men were
sincere mourners . Burke , when he heard of Goldsmith ' s death , had burst into a
flood of tears . Reynolds had been so much moved by the news , that he had
flung ...
The coffin was followed by Burke and Reynolds . Both these great men were
sincere mourners . Burke , when he heard of Goldsmith ' s death , had burst into a
flood of tears . Reynolds had been so much moved by the news , that he had
flung ...
Page xl
Being exposed in the picture gallery , along with his other works , it was seen
either by Mr . Edmund Burke or Dr . Goldsmith , I am not certain which , who
immediately exclaimed , that it struck him as being the precise person ,
countenance ...
Being exposed in the picture gallery , along with his other works , it was seen
either by Mr . Edmund Burke or Dr . Goldsmith , I am not certain which , who
immediately exclaimed , that it struck him as being the precise person ,
countenance ...
Page xlv
his pallbearers to have been Lord Shelburne , Lord Louth , Sir Joshua himself ,
Burke , Garrick , & c . ; but , on second thoughts , he resolved to have him buried
in the plainest and most private manner possible , observing that the most ...
his pallbearers to have been Lord Shelburne , Lord Louth , Sir Joshua himself ,
Burke , Garrick , & c . ; but , on second thoughts , he resolved to have him buried
in the plainest and most private manner possible , observing that the most ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poetical Works |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 1862 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 mär. 2009 |
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