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Page xxxix
... eye . To Goldsmith , in particular , he was always attentive ; a man of whom it has been not unaptly said , that his carelessness of conduct and frivolity of manners obscured the goodness of his heart . Mr. Cumberland , in his own ...
... eye . To Goldsmith , in particular , he was always attentive ; a man of whom it has been not unaptly said , that his carelessness of conduct and frivolity of manners obscured the goodness of his heart . Mr. Cumberland , in his own ...
Page xlii
... to which the other replied , that the memory of Oliver was embalmed amongst his country- men . A tear glistened in the stranger's eye , who immediately answered , ' I am his brother . ' The xlii ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH .
... to which the other replied , that the memory of Oliver was embalmed amongst his country- men . A tear glistened in the stranger's eye , who immediately answered , ' I am his brother . ' The xlii ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH .
Page lxv
... eyes , and in the opinion of the public . But no good fortune could make Gold- smith discreet , nor any increase of fame diminish his envy , or cure the intractability of his temper . John Home was taught by experience , that his ...
... eyes , and in the opinion of the public . But no good fortune could make Gold- smith discreet , nor any increase of fame diminish his envy , or cure the intractability of his temper . John Home was taught by experience , that his ...
Page lxxii
... eye of the world to the best advantage , he took more pains to be esteemed worse than he was , than others do to appear better than they are . His envy was so childish , and so absurd , that it was easily pardoned , for everybody ...
... eye of the world to the best advantage , he took more pains to be esteemed worse than he was , than others do to appear better than they are . His envy was so childish , and so absurd , that it was easily pardoned , for everybody ...
Page xcv
... eyes were upon Johnson , who sat in a front row of a side box ; and , when he laughed , everybody thought themselves warranted to roar . In the meantime my friend followed signals with a rattle so irresistibly comic , that , when he had ...
... eyes were upon Johnson , who sat in a front row of a side box ; and , when he laughed , everybody thought themselves warranted to roar . In the meantime my friend followed signals with a rattle so irresistibly comic , that , when he had ...
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