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Page xvii
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.
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
In mere diction and versification , this celebrated poem is fully equal , perhaps
superior to the Traveller ; and it is generally preferred to the Traveller by that
large class of readers who think , with Bayes in the Rehearsal , that the only use
of a ...
In mere diction and versification , this celebrated poem is fully equal , perhaps
superior to the Traveller ; and it is generally preferred to the Traveller by that
large class of readers who think , with Bayes in the Rehearsal , that the only use
of a ...
Page xxvi
He was a great , 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 histories , well deserved to be studied .
He was a great , 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 histories , well deserved to be studied .
Page xxxix
Mr . Cumberland , however , is 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 . The fact is , that this painting
may be ...
Mr . Cumberland , however , is 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 . The fact is , that this painting
may be ...
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 ...
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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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