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he cried , " I understand those matters better than Maupertuis . ” On another
occasion , he , in defiance of the evidence of his own senses , maintained
obstinately , and even angrily , that he chewed his dinner by moving his upper
jaw .
he cried , " I understand those matters better than Maupertuis . ” On another
occasion , he , in defiance of the evidence of his own senses , maintained
obstinately , and even angrily , that he chewed his dinner by moving his upper
jaw .
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No man appreciated Goldsmith ' s writings more justly than Johnson ; no man
was better acquainted with Goldsmith ' s character and habits ; and no man was
more competent to delineate with truth and spirit the peculiarities of a mind in
which ...
No man appreciated Goldsmith ' s writings more justly than Johnson ; no man
was better acquainted with Goldsmith ' s character and habits ; and no man was
more competent to delineate with truth and spirit the peculiarities of a mind in
which ...
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Mr . Cumberland , in his own Memoirs , has a passage peculiarly illustrative of
this , where he says that • Sir Joshua Reynolds was very good to him , and would
have drilled him into better trim and order for society , if he would have been ...
Mr . Cumberland , in his own Memoirs , has a passage peculiarly illustrative of
this , where he says that • Sir Joshua Reynolds was very good to him , and would
have drilled him into better trim and order for society , if he would have been ...
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... a much better to him , saying , • You ought to call it the Belle ' s Stratagem ; and
if you do not , I will damn it . ' However , Goldsmith chose to name it himself , as
above ; and Mrs . Cowley has since given that name to one of her comedies .
... a much better to him , saying , • You ought to call it the Belle ' s Stratagem ; and
if you do not , I will damn it . ' However , Goldsmith chose to name it himself , as
above ; and Mrs . Cowley has since given that name to one of her comedies .
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He cannot take time to make it better . He begs he will give Mr . Yates the proper
instructions ; and so , even so , he commits him to fortune and the public . • For
the Right Don . Lord Clare , ( Mr . Cradock , ) Gosfield , Essex . ' This Prologue
was ...
He cannot take time to make it better . He begs he will give Mr . Yates the proper
instructions ; and so , even so , he commits him to fortune and the public . • For
the Right Don . Lord Clare , ( Mr . Cradock , ) Gosfield , Essex . ' This Prologue
was ...
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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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