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Page xvii
... effect . There have been many greater writers ; but perhaps no writer was ever more 1 [ See Cunningham's edition of the Works of Goldsmith , vol . iv . ] b uniformly agreeable . His style was always pure and easy MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . xvii.
... effect . There have been many greater writers ; but perhaps no writer was ever more 1 [ See Cunningham's edition of the Works of Goldsmith , vol . iv . ] b uniformly agreeable . His style was always pure and easy MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . xvii.
Page xxii
... perhaps superior to the Trav- eller ; and it is generally preferred to the Trav- eller by that large class of readers who think , with Bayes in the Rehearsal , that the only use of a plan is to bring in fine things . More discerning ...
... perhaps superior to the Trav- eller ; and it is generally preferred to the Trav- eller by that large class of readers who think , with Bayes in the Rehearsal , that the only use of a plan is to bring in fine things . More discerning ...
Page xxvi
... perhaps an unequalled , master of the arts of selection and condensation . In these respects , his histories of Rome and of England , and still more his own abridgments of these his- tories , well deserved to be studied . In general ...
... perhaps an unequalled , master of the arts of selection and condensation . In these respects , his histories of Rome and of England , and still more his own abridgments of these his- tories , well deserved to be studied . In general ...
Page xxxix
... perhaps rather inaccurate in his assertion respecting the painting of Ugolino , ' which was finished in this year ( 1773 ) , and begun , not long before , as an historical subject . 1 The fact is , that this painting may be said ...
... perhaps rather inaccurate in his assertion respecting the painting of Ugolino , ' which was finished in this year ( 1773 ) , and begun , not long before , as an historical subject . 1 The fact is , that this painting may be said ...
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... perhaps , or Operas go ; And once , perchance , to th ' Roratorio . Then Bet herself shall sit at top o ' th ' table ; She manages the house , and I the stable ; The rest o ' th ' time we'll scamper up and down , And set the fashions ...
... perhaps , or Operas go ; And once , perchance , to th ' Roratorio . Then Bet herself shall sit at top o ' th ' table ; She manages the house , and I the stable ; The rest o ' th ' time we'll scamper up and down , And set the fashions ...
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