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... seem to indicate that a popular want has been met by this edition , which is universally acknowledged to be the best ever issued , both in point of editorship and mechanical execution . Notices of the Press . - " We cannot speak too ...
... seem to indicate that a popular want has been met by this edition , which is universally acknowledged to be the best ever issued , both in point of editorship and mechanical execution . Notices of the Press . - " We cannot speak too ...
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... seems to have been far from happy . He had , as appears from the admirable portrait of him at Knowle , features harsh even to ugliness . The smallpox had set its mark on him with more than usual severity . His stature was small , and ...
... seems to have been far from happy . He had , as appears from the admirable portrait of him at Knowle , features harsh even to ugliness . The smallpox had set its mark on him with more than usual severity . His stature was small , and ...
Page xxvii
... seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity , vivacity , and grace , should have been , whenever he took a part in conversation , an empty , noisy , blundering rattler . But on this point the evidence is over- whelming ...
... seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity , vivacity , and grace , should have been , whenever he took a part in conversation , an empty , noisy , blundering rattler . But on this point the evidence is over- whelming ...
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... seem to have regarded him with kindness , which , in spite of their admiration of his writings , was not unmixed with contempt . In truth , there was in his character much to love , but very little to respect . His heart was soft even ...
... seem to have regarded him with kindness , which , in spite of their admiration of his writings , was not unmixed with contempt . In truth , there was in his character much to love , but very little to respect . His heart was soft even ...
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... seems to have been drawn ex- pressly for the purpose of excluding the person whose portrait would have most fitly closed the series . Goldsmith , however , has been fortunate in his biographers . Within a few years , his life has been ...
... seems to have been drawn ex- pressly for the purpose of excluding the person whose portrait would have most fitly closed the series . Goldsmith , however , has been fortunate in his biographers . Within a few years , his life has been ...
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