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Page xiv
At Edinburgh , he passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures ,
and picked up some superficial information about chemistry and natural history .
Thence he went to Leyden , still pretending to study physic . He left that
celebrated ...
At Edinburgh , he passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures ,
and picked up some superficial information about chemistry and natural history .
Thence he went to Leyden , still pretending to study physic . He left that
celebrated ...
Page xvii
For accurate research or grave disquisition , he was not well qualified by nature
or by education . He knew nothing accurately ; his reading had been desultory ;
nor had he meditated deeply on what he had read . He had seen much of the ...
For accurate research or grave disquisition , he was not well qualified by nature
or by education . He knew nothing accurately ; his reading had been desultory ;
nor had he meditated deeply on what he had read . He had seen much of the ...
Page xviii
His narratives were always amusing , his descriptions always picturesque , his
humour rich and joyous , yet not without an occasional tinge of amiable sadness .
About every thing that he wrote , serious or sportive , there was a certain natural ...
His narratives were always amusing , his descriptions always picturesque , his
humour rich and joyous , yet not without an occasional tinge of amiable sadness .
About every thing that he wrote , serious or sportive , there was a certain natural ...
Page xxiii
didactic poem in any language , was written in defence of the silliest and
meanest of all systems of natural and moral philosophy . A poet may easily be
pardoned for reasoning ill ; but he cannot be pardoned for describing ill , for
observing the ...
didactic poem in any language , was written in defence of the silliest and
meanest of all systems of natural and moral philosophy . A poet may easily be
pardoned for reasoning ill ; but he cannot be pardoned for describing ill , for
observing the ...
Page xxv
He compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome , by which he made £300 ,
a History of England , by which he made £600 , a History of Greece , for which he
received £250 , a Natural History , for which the booksellers covenanted to pay ...
He compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome , by which he made £300 ,
a History of England , by which he made £600 , a History of Greece , for which he
received £250 , a Natural History , for which the booksellers covenanted to pay ...
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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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