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... lives . " - N . Y. Commercial Advertiser . " No greater service can be done in the cause of good letters than the extensive dissemination of these standard compositions . They embrace the best models of style in the English Lan- guage ...
... lives . " - N . Y. Commercial Advertiser . " No greater service can be done in the cause of good letters than the extensive dissemination of these standard compositions . They embrace the best models of style in the English Lan- guage ...
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... ; but he contrived to live on the alms which he ob- tained at the gates of convents . It should , how- ever , be observed , that the stories which he told about this part of his life , ought to be xiv MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH .
... ; but he contrived to live on the alms which he ob- tained at the gates of convents . It should , how- ever , be observed , that the stories which he told about this part of his life , ought to be xiv MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH .
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... lives so carelessly , that his portraits bear no resemblance to the originals , for exhibiting as copies from real life monstrous com- binations of things which never were and never could be found together . What would be thought of a ...
... lives so carelessly , that his portraits bear no resemblance to the originals , for exhibiting as copies from real life monstrous com- binations of things which never were and never could be found together . What would be thought of a ...
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... Lives of the Poets . No man ap- preciated Goldsmith's writings more justly than Johnson ; no man was better acquainted with Goldsmith's character and habits ; and no man was more competent to delineate with truth and spirit the ...
... Lives of the Poets . No man ap- preciated Goldsmith's writings more justly than Johnson ; no man was better acquainted with Goldsmith's character and habits ; and no man was more competent to delineate with truth and spirit the ...
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... live like a gentleman . To this Oliver wrote him an answer , begging that he would , with- out delay , quit so unprofitable a trade , and betake himself to some handicraft employment . Maurice wisely , as the Bishop adds , took the hint ...
... live like a gentleman . To this Oliver wrote him an answer , begging that he would , with- out delay , quit so unprofitable a trade , and betake himself to some handicraft employment . Maurice wisely , as the Bishop adds , took the hint ...
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