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Page xiii
... hand at cards , to sing Irish airs , to play the flute , to angle in summer , and to tell ghost stories by the fire in winter . He tried five or six professions in turn without success . He applied for ordination ; but , as he applied ...
... hand at cards , to sing Irish airs , to play the flute , to angle in summer , and to tell ghost stories by the fire in winter . He tried five or six professions in turn without success . He applied for ordination ; but , as he applied ...
Page xxxvii
... hand man , or tum- bler , deprived him of his right , and drew off the attention of the world from himself , and which he was striving to gain . Notwithstanding this , he lamented that whenever he entered into a mixed company , he ...
... hand man , or tum- bler , deprived him of his right , and drew off the attention of the world from himself , and which he was striving to gain . Notwithstanding this , he lamented that whenever he entered into a mixed company , he ...
Page xxxix
... hands , saying , ' No , no , don't do so ; you shall not spoil my book , neither ; ' for the Doctor could not bear to hear of another's fame . 6 Sir Joshua was always cautious to preserve an unblemished character , and careful not to ...
... hands , saying , ' No , no , don't do so ; you shall not spoil my book , neither ; ' for the Doctor could not bear to hear of another's fame . 6 Sir Joshua was always cautious to preserve an unblemished character , and careful not to ...
Page lvi
... hands at the Temple gate . Dr. Goldsmith did not live long after our return into Leices- tershire , and I have often since regretted that I did not remain longer in town at every inconvenience . Yet , alas ! what could I have done ...
... hands at the Temple gate . Dr. Goldsmith did not live long after our return into Leices- tershire , and I have often since regretted that I did not remain longer in town at every inconvenience . Yet , alas ! what could I have done ...
Page lviii
... hand at that character . ' Several smiled , thinking perhaps of his assuming such a part , who frequently , with his gold - headed cane , assumed the real character of doctor of physic . However , the thought amused Goldsmith at the ...
... hand at that character . ' Several smiled , thinking perhaps of his assuming such a part , who frequently , with his gold - headed cane , assumed the real character of doctor of physic . However , the thought amused Goldsmith at the ...
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