Poetical WorksLittle, Brown, 1862 |
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Page xi
... never showed the least sign of that con- temptuous antipathy with which , in his days , the ruling minority in Ireland too generally regarded the subject majority . So far indeed was he from sharing in the opinions and feelings of the ...
... never showed the least sign of that con- temptuous antipathy with which , in his days , the ruling minority in Ireland too generally regarded the subject majority . So far indeed was he from sharing in the opinions and feelings of the ...
Page xv
... never one of his virtues ; and a man who is ordinarily inaccurate in narration , is likely to be more than ordinarily inaccurate when he talks about his own travels . Goldsmith , indeed , was so regardless of truth as to assert in print ...
... never one of his virtues ; and a man who is ordinarily inaccurate in narration , is likely to be more than ordinarily inaccurate when he talks about his own travels . Goldsmith , indeed , was so regardless of truth as to assert in print ...
Page xvi
... never liked to talk . It is probable that he was incompetent to perform the duties of the place . Then he presented himself at Sur- geon's Hall for examination , as mate to a naval hospital . Even to so humble a post he was found ...
... never liked to talk . It is probable that he was incompetent to perform the duties of the place . Then he presented himself at Sur- geon's Hall for examination , as mate to a naval hospital . Even to so humble a post he was found ...
Page xxiii
... never were and never could be found together . What would be thought of a painter who should mix August and January in one landscape , who should introduce a frozen river into a harvest scene ? Would it be a suffi- cient defence of such ...
... never were and never could be found together . What would be thought of a painter who should mix August and January in one landscape , who should introduce a frozen river into a harvest scene ? Would it be a suffi- cient defence of such ...
Page xxiv
... never was and never will be seen in any part of the world . In 1773 , Goldsmith tried his chance at Covent Garden with a second play , Shé Stoops to Con- quer . The manager was not without great diffi- culty induced to bring this piece ...
... never was and never will be seen in any part of the world . In 1773 , Goldsmith tried his chance at Covent Garden with a second play , Shé Stoops to Con- quer . The manager was not without great diffi- culty induced to bring this piece ...
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