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Page xxiv
... genius triumphed . Pit , boxes , and galleries were in a constant roar of laughter . If any bigoted admirer of Kelly and Cumberland ven- tured to hiss or groan , he was speedily silenced by a general cry of " turn him out , " or " throw ...
... genius triumphed . Pit , boxes , and galleries were in a constant roar of laughter . If any bigoted admirer of Kelly and Cumberland ven- tured to hiss or groan , he was speedily silenced by a general cry of " turn him out , " or " throw ...
Page xxviii
... genius ; but when he talked , he talked nonsense , and made himself the laughing - stock of his hearers . He was painfully sensible of his inferiority in conversation ; he felt every failure keenly ; yet he had not sufficient judgment ...
... genius ; but when he talked , he talked nonsense , and made himself the laughing - stock of his hearers . He was painfully sensible of his inferiority in conversation ; he felt every failure keenly ; yet he had not sufficient judgment ...
Page xxix
... which required con- trivance and disguise . Goldsmith has sometimes been represented as a man of genius , cruelly treated by the world , and doomed to struggle with difficulties , which at last broke MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . xxix.
... which required con- trivance and disguise . Goldsmith has sometimes been represented as a man of genius , cruelly treated by the world , and doomed to struggle with difficulties , which at last broke MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . xxix.
Page xlv
... genius ; and I was sorry to find , last summer , that he looked upon me as a person who seemed to stand between him and his interest . However , when next we meet , all this will be forgotten ; and the jealousy of authors , which , Dr ...
... genius ; and I was sorry to find , last summer , that he looked upon me as a person who seemed to stand between him and his interest . However , when next we meet , all this will be forgotten ; and the jealousy of authors , which , Dr ...
Page lxii
... genius in several modes of writing , in essays , descriptive poetry , and history , was advised to apply himself to that species of composition which is said to have been long the most fruitful in the courts of Parnassus . The writer of ...
... genius in several modes of writing , in essays , descriptive poetry , and history , was advised to apply himself to that species of composition which is said to have been long the most fruitful in the courts of Parnassus . The writer of ...
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