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Page xxvii
... believe that so foolish a chat- terer could have really written the Traveller . Even Boswell could say , with contemptuous com- passion , that he liked very well to hear honest Goldsmith run on . " Yes , sir , " said Johnson , " but he ...
... believe that so foolish a chat- terer could have really written the Traveller . Even Boswell could say , with contemptuous com- passion , that he liked very well to hear honest Goldsmith run on . " Yes , sir , " said Johnson , " but he ...
Page xxviii
... his tailor and his butcher . He was vain , sensual , frivolous , profuse , improvident . One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him , envy . But there is not the least reason to believe that this xxviii MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH .
... his tailor and his butcher . He was vain , sensual , frivolous , profuse , improvident . One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him , envy . But there is not the least reason to believe that this xxviii MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH .
Page xxix
Oliver Goldsmith. there is not the least reason to believe that this bad passion , though it sometimes made him wince and utter fretful exclamations , ever impelled him to injure by wicked arts the reputation of any of his rivals . The ...
Oliver Goldsmith. there is not the least reason to believe that this bad passion , though it sometimes made him wince and utter fretful exclamations , ever impelled him to injure by wicked arts the reputation of any of his rivals . The ...
Page xli
... believe , entirely given up even previous to his demise . In the Dedication of his Deserted Village ' to Sir Joshua Reynolds , already noticed , Goldsmith alludes to the death of his eldest brother , Henry , the clergyman ; and his ...
... believe , entirely given up even previous to his demise . In the Dedication of his Deserted Village ' to Sir Joshua Reynolds , already noticed , Goldsmith alludes to the death of his eldest brother , Henry , the clergyman ; and his ...
Page xlix
... believe I shall get three tolerable benefits , yet I shall , upon the whole , be a loser , even in a pecuniary light : my ease and comfort I certainly lost while it was in agitation . ' I am , my dear Cradock , Your obliged and obedient ...
... believe I shall get three tolerable benefits , yet I shall , upon the whole , be a loser , even in a pecuniary light : my ease and comfort I certainly lost while it was in agitation . ' I am , my dear Cradock , Your obliged and obedient ...
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