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The want of a neat and uniform edition of these Essays , the productions of the
best writers of the English tongue , has long been felt , and the present issue is
intended to supply the deficiency . The volumes are of convenient size ,
handsomely ...
The want of a neat and uniform edition of these Essays , the productions of the
best writers of the English tongue , has long been felt , and the present issue is
intended to supply the deficiency . The volumes are of convenient size ,
handsomely ...
Page xv
Goldsmith , indeed , was so regardless of truth as to assert in print that he was
present at a most interesting conversation between Voltaire and Fontenelle , and
that this conversation took place at Paris . Now , it is certain that Voltaire never
was ...
Goldsmith , indeed , was so regardless of truth as to assert in print that he was
present at a most interesting conversation between Voltaire and Fontenelle , and
that this conversation took place at Paris . Now , it is certain that Voltaire never
was ...
Page xxx
His average income , during the last seven years of his life , certainly exceeded £
400 a year , and £400 a year ranked , among the incomes of that day , at least as
high as £800 a year would rank at present . A single man living in the Temple ...
His average income , during the last seven years of his life , certainly exceeded £
400 a year , and £400 a year ranked , among the incomes of that day , at least as
high as £800 a year would rank at present . A single man living in the Temple ...
Page xxxviii
It has been often said of Goldsmith , that he was ever desirous of being the object
of attention in all companies where he was present , which the following
anecdote may serve to prove : - On a summer ' s excursion to the continent , he ...
It has been often said of Goldsmith , that he was ever desirous of being the object
of attention in all companies where he was present , which the following
anecdote may serve to prove : - On a summer ' s excursion to the continent , he ...
Page xl
Dr . Johnson took the head of the table , and there were present the Burkes ,
Caleb Whitefoord , Major Mills , & c . & c . I remember Dr . Goldsmith gave me an
order soon after this , . with which I went to sec this comedy ; xl ANECDOTES OF
...
Dr . Johnson took the head of the table , and there were present the Burkes ,
Caleb Whitefoord , Major Mills , & c . & c . I remember Dr . Goldsmith gave me an
order soon after this , . with which I went to sec this comedy ; xl ANECDOTES OF
...
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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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