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Page vi
... d with paper , lent a ray , ” . . . “ Chaste are their instincts , faithful is their fire , ” '
. . . . Lines attributed to Dr . Goldsmith . . Vida ' s Game of Chess . . . . . . . . . . . .
MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . BY THOMAS
CONTENTS .
... d with paper , lent a ray , ” . . . “ Chaste are their instincts , faithful is their fire , ” '
. . . . Lines attributed to Dr . Goldsmith . . Vida ' s Game of Chess . . . . . . . . . . . .
MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . BY THOMAS
CONTENTS .
Page xxxiii
The line seems to have been drawn expressly for the purpose of excluding the
person whose portrait would have most fitly closed the series . Goldsmith ,
however , has been fortunate in his biographers . Within a few years , his life has
been ...
The line seems to have been drawn expressly for the purpose of excluding the
person whose portrait would have most fitly closed the series . Goldsmith ,
however , has been fortunate in his biographers . Within a few years , his life has
been ...
Page xxxix
Goldsmith immediately laid holdof it and began to read it , and at every line cut
almost through the paper with his finger - nail , crying out , . What d - d nonsense
is this ! ' when Sir Joshua caught it out of his hands , saying , ' No , no , don ' t do ...
Goldsmith immediately laid holdof it and began to read it , and at every line cut
almost through the paper with his finger - nail , crying out , . What d - d nonsense
is this ! ' when Sir Joshua caught it out of his hands , saying , ' No , no , don ' t do ...
Page xli
... which Goldsmith higbly extolled , asserting that of all tragedies it was the one
nearest in excellence to Shakespeare ; when John . son , in his peremptory
manner , contradicted him , and pronounced that there were not forty good lines
to be ...
... which Goldsmith higbly extolled , asserting that of all tragedies it was the one
nearest in excellence to Shakespeare ; when John . son , in his peremptory
manner , contradicted him , and pronounced that there were not forty good lines
to be ...
Page xliv
He did not touch the pencil for that day ; a circumstance most extraordinary for
him , who passed no day without a line . He acted as executor , and managed in
the best manner the confused state of the Doctor ' s affairs . At first he intended ,
as ...
He did not touch the pencil for that day ; a circumstance most extraordinary for
him , who passed no day without a line . He acted as executor , and managed in
the best manner the confused state of the Doctor ' s affairs . At first he intended ,
as ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poetical Works |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 1862 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 mär. 2009 |
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