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... they will be read with pleasure as long as the English language lives . ” — N . Y
. Commercial Advertiser . “ No greater service can be done in the cause of good
letters than the extensive dissemination of these standard compositions .
... they will be read with pleasure as long as the English language lives . ” — N . Y
. Commercial Advertiser . “ No greater service can be done in the cause of good
letters than the extensive dissemination of these standard compositions .
Page xiv
But in six weeks he came back on a miserable hack , without a penny , and
informed his mother that the ship in which he had taken his passage , having got
a fair wind while he was at a party of pleasure , had sailed without him . Then he
...
But in six weeks he came back on a miserable hack , without a penny , and
informed his mother that the ship in which he had taken his passage , having got
a fair wind while he was at a party of pleasure , had sailed without him . Then he
...
Page xxvi
In general , nothing is less attractive than an epitome ; but the epitomes of
Goldsmith , even when most concise , are always amusing ; and to read them is
considered by intelligent children , not as a task , but as a pleasure . Goldsmith
might ...
In general , nothing is less attractive than an epitome ; but the epitomes of
Goldsmith , even when most concise , are always amusing ; and to read them is
considered by intelligent children , not as a task , but as a pleasure . Goldsmith
might ...
Page xliv
Oh , yes ! ' replied Maurice , •gladly indeed ! ' He lives , then ; but as poor as when
he left you . ' Maurice instantly leaped over his counter , hugged him in his arms ,
and , weeping with pleasure , cried , Welcome , welcome ! here you shall find ...
Oh , yes ! ' replied Maurice , •gladly indeed ! ' He lives , then ; but as poor as when
he left you . ' Maurice instantly leaped over his counter , hugged him in his arms ,
and , weeping with pleasure , cried , Welcome , welcome ! here you shall find ...
Page xlvi
Sir Joshua Reynolds mentioned to Boswell that he frequently had heard
Goldsmith talk warmly of the pleasure of being liked , and observe how hard it
would be if literary excellence should preclude a man from that satisfaction ,
which he ...
Sir Joshua Reynolds mentioned to Boswell that he frequently had heard
Goldsmith talk warmly of the pleasure of being liked , and observe how hard it
would be if literary excellence should preclude a man from that satisfaction ,
which he ...
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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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