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Page xiv
Then he resolved to study the law . A generous kinsman advanced fifty pounds .
With this sum , Goldsmith went to Dublin , was enticed into a gaming house , and
lost every shilling . He then thought of medicine . A small purse was made up ...
Then he resolved to study the law . A generous kinsman advanced fifty pounds .
With this sum , Goldsmith went to Dublin , was enticed into a gaming house , and
lost every shilling . He then thought of medicine . A small purse was made up ...
Page xlvii
The mention of Goldsmith calls to my recollection a circumstance related to me by
Miss Reynolds . About the year 1770 , Dr . Goldsmith lost his mother , who died in
Ireland . On this occasion he immediately dressed himself in a suit of clothes ...
The mention of Goldsmith calls to my recollection a circumstance related to me by
Miss Reynolds . About the year 1770 , Dr . Goldsmith lost his mother , who died in
Ireland . On this occasion he immediately dressed himself in a suit of clothes ...
Page xlix
•I cannot help saying that I am very sick of the stage ; and though I believe I shall
get three tolerable benefits , yet I shall , upon the whole , be a loser , even in a
pecuniary light : my ease and comfort I certainly lost while it was in agitation .
•I cannot help saying that I am very sick of the stage ; and though I believe I shall
get three tolerable benefits , yet I shall , upon the whole , be a loser , even in a
pecuniary light : my ease and comfort I certainly lost while it was in agitation .
Page lxiii
The manager dismissed him with civility ; and Goldsmith lost the office by a very
great majority , who voted in favour of Dr . Templeman . The Doctor ' s reputation ,
which was daily increasing from a variety of successful labours , was at length ...
The manager dismissed him with civility ; and Goldsmith lost the office by a very
great majority , who voted in favour of Dr . Templeman . The Doctor ' s reputation ,
which was daily increasing from a variety of successful labours , was at length ...
Page lxxii
The poor woman with whom he had lodged during his obscurity several years in
Green Arbour Court , by his death lost an excellent friend ; for the Doctor often
supplied her with food from his table , and visited her frequently with the sole ...
The poor woman with whom he had lodged during his obscurity several years in
Green Arbour Court , by his death lost an excellent friend ; for the Doctor often
supplied her with food from his table , and visited her frequently with the sole ...
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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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