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Page ix
His father , Charles Goldsmith , studied in the reign of Queen Anne , at the
diocesan school of Elphin , became attached to the daughter of the schoolmaster
, married her , took orders , and settled at a place called Pallas , in the county of ...
His father , Charles Goldsmith , studied in the reign of Queen Anne , at the
diocesan school of Elphin , became attached to the daughter of the schoolmaster
, married her , took orders , and settled at a place called Pallas , in the county of ...
Page xvi
Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court , to which he had to climb from the
brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder of flagstones called Breakneck Steps . The
court and the ascent have long disappeared ; but old Londoners well remember ...
Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court , to which he had to climb from the
brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder of flagstones called Breakneck Steps . The
court and the ascent have long disappeared ; but old Londoners well remember ...
Page xviii
In 1763 , he was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity
which has sometimes been called the Literary Club , but which has always
disclaimed that epithet , and still glories in the simple name of The Club . By this
time ...
In 1763 , he was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity
which has sometimes been called the Literary Club , but which has always
disclaimed that epithet , and still glories in the simple name of The Club . By this
time ...
Page xix
Towards the close of 1764 , his rent was so long in arrear that his landlady one
morning called in the help of a sheriff ' s officer . The debtor , in great perplexity ,
despatched a messenger to Johnson ; and Johnson , always friendly , though ...
Towards the close of 1764 , his rent was so long in arrear that his landlady one
morning called in the help of a sheriff ' s officer . The debtor , in great perplexity ,
despatched a messenger to Johnson ; and Johnson , always friendly , though ...
Page xxx
A single man living in the Temple , with £400 a year , might then be called
opulent . Not one in ten of the young gentlemen of good families , who were
studying the law there , had so much . But all the wealth which Lord Clive had
brought from ...
A single man living in the Temple , with £400 a year , might then be called
opulent . Not one in ten of the young gentlemen of good families , who were
studying the law there , had so much . But all the wealth which Lord Clive had
brought from ...
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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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