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Page xii
When he had risen to eminence , those who had once derided him , ransacked
their memory for the events of his early years , and recited repartees and couplets
which had dropped from him , and which , though little noticed at the time , were ...
When he had risen to eminence , those who had once derided him , ransacked
their memory for the events of his early years , and recited repartees and couplets
which had dropped from him , and which , though little noticed at the time , were ...
Page xvi
He produced articles for reviews , magazines , and newspapers ; children ' s
books , which , bound in gilt paper and adorned with hideous woodcuts ,
appeared in the window of the once far - famed shop at the corner of Saint Paul '
s ...
He produced articles for reviews , magazines , and newspapers ; children ' s
books , which , bound in gilt paper and adorned with hideous woodcuts ,
appeared in the window of the once far - famed shop at the corner of Saint Paul '
s ...
Page xix
In Christmas week , 1764 , he published a poem , entitled the Traveller . It was
the first work to which he had put his name ; and it at once raised him to the rank
of a legitimate English classic . The opinion of the most skilful critics was
MEMOIR ...
In Christmas week , 1764 , he published a poem , entitled the Traveller . It was
the first work to which he had put his name ; and it at once raised him to the rank
of a legitimate English classic . The opinion of the most skilful critics was
MEMOIR ...
Page xxx
He had been from boyhood a gambler , and at once the most sanguine and the
most unskilful of gamblers . For a time he put off the . day of inevitable ruin by
temporary expedients . He obtained XXX MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . Page.
He had been from boyhood a gambler , and at once the most sanguine and the
most unskilful of gamblers . For a time he put off the . day of inevitable ruin by
temporary expedients . He obtained XXX MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . Page.
Page xxxi
I do not practise , ” he once said ; “ I make it a rule to prescribe only for my friends
. ” “ Pray , dear Doctor , " said Beauclerk , “ alter your rule ; and prescribe only for
your enemies . ” Goldsmith now , in spite of this excellent advice , prescribed for ...
I do not practise , ” he once said ; “ I make it a rule to prescribe only for my friends
. ” “ Pray , dear Doctor , " said Beauclerk , “ alter your rule ; and prescribe only for
your enemies . ” Goldsmith now , in spite of this excellent advice , prescribed for ...
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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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