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His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness , which , in spite of their
admiration of his writings , was not unmixed with contempt . In truth , there was in
his character much to love , but very little to respect . His heart was soft even to ...
His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness , which , in spite of their
admiration of his writings , was not unmixed with contempt . In truth , there was in
his character much to love , but very little to respect . His heart was soft even to ...
Page xxix
His heart was on his lips . All those small jealousies , which are but too common
among men of letters , but which a man of letters , who is also a man of the world ,
does his best to conceal , Goldsmith avowed with the simplicity of a child .
His heart was on his lips . All those small jealousies , which are but too common
among men of letters , but which a man of letters , who is also a man of the world ,
does his best to conceal , Goldsmith avowed with the simplicity of a child .
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doomed to struggle with difficulties , which at last broke his heart . But no
representation can be more remote from the truth . He did , indeed , go through
much sharp misery before he had done any thing considerable in literature . But
after his ...
doomed to struggle with difficulties , which at last broke his heart . But no
representation can be more remote from the truth . He did , indeed , go through
much sharp misery before he had done any thing considerable in literature . But
after his ...
Page xxxix
... 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 Memoirs , has a passage ...
... 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 Memoirs , has a passage ...
Page lxx
As an actor , confess ' d without rival to shine ; As a wit , if not first , in the very first
line ; Yet , with talents like these , and an excellent heart , The man had his
failings , a dupe to his art . Like an ill - judging beauty , his colours he spread ,
And ...
As an actor , confess ' d without rival to shine ; As a wit , if not first , in the very first
line ; Yet , with talents like these , and an excellent heart , The man had his
failings , a dupe to his art . Like an ill - judging beauty , his colours he spread ,
And ...
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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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