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Page xxii
... best scene in the Good - natured Man , that in which Miss Richland finds her
lover attended by the bailiff and the bailiff ' s follower in full court dresses , should
have been mercilessly hissed , and should have been omitted after the first night .
... best scene in the Good - natured Man , that in which Miss Richland finds her
lover attended by the bailiff and the bailiff ' s follower in full court dresses , should
have been mercilessly hissed , and should have been omitted after the first night .
Page xxiv
... night . While Goldsmith was writing the Deserted Village and She Stoops to
Conquer , he was employed on works of a very different kind , works from which
he derived little reputation , but much profit . He compiled for the use of schools a
...
... night . While Goldsmith was writing the Deserted Village and She Stoops to
Conquer , he was employed on works of a very different kind , works from which
he derived little reputation , but much profit . He compiled for the use of schools a
...
Page xl
... to Conquer ' was to be brought out on the stage , on the 15th of March , in this
year , he was at a loss what name to give it , till the very last moment , and then ,
in great haste , called it , She Stoops to Conquer , or the Mistakes of a Night .
... to Conquer ' was to be brought out on the stage , on the 15th of March , in this
year , he was at a loss what name to give it , till the very last moment , and then ,
in great haste , called it , She Stoops to Conquer , or the Mistakes of a Night .
Page l
I ' m off , - the horses scamper through the streets And big Bet Bouncer bobs to all
she meets ; To every Race , to Pastimes every night , Not to the Plays ( they say )
, it been ' t polite ; To Sadler ' s Wells , perhaps , or Operas go ; And once ...
I ' m off , - the horses scamper through the streets And big Bet Bouncer bobs to all
she meets ; To every Race , to Pastimes every night , Not to the Plays ( they say )
, it been ' t polite ; To Sadler ' s Wells , perhaps , or Operas go ; And once ...
Page lvi
His answer was , I believe I did ; I fired at them all ; I angled all the night , but I
caught nothing . ' When he was scheming some essay perhaps , he would force
the subject on every body , till Johnson has been quite provoked , and at last did
say ...
His answer was , I believe I did ; I fired at them all ; I angled all the night , but I
caught nothing . ' When he was scheming some essay perhaps , he would force
the subject on every body , till Johnson has been quite provoked , and at last did
say ...
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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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