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Page xxvii
Chamier declared that it was a hard exercise of faith to believe that so foolish a
chatterer could have really written the Traveller . Even Boswell could say , with
contemptuous compassion , that he liked very well to hear honest Goldsmith run
on ...
Chamier declared that it was a hard exercise of faith to believe that so foolish a
chatterer could have really written the Traveller . Even Boswell could say , with
contemptuous compassion , that he liked very well to hear honest Goldsmith run
on ...
Page xxviii
... had nothing left for 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 .
... had nothing left for 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
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 truth probably is , that he was ...
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 truth probably is , that he was ...
Page xli
... however , from the booksellers , although Sir Joshua Reynolds , Johnson ,
Garrick , and several others of his literary connexions , had promised him their
assistance on various subjects ; and the design was , I believe , entirely given up
even ...
... however , from the booksellers , although Sir Joshua Reynolds , Johnson ,
Garrick , and several others of his literary connexions , had promised him their
assistance on various subjects ; and the design was , I believe , entirely given up
even ...
Page xlix
•I cannot help saying that I am very sick of the stage ; and though I 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 cannot help saying that I am very sick of the stage ; and though I 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 .
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| Title | Poetical Works |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 1862 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 mär. 2009 |
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