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Page lxiv
To manifest bis intrepidity in argument , he would generously , espouse the worst
side of the question , and almost always left it weaker than he found it . His
jealousy fixed a perpetual ridicule on his character , for he was emulous of every
thing ...
To manifest bis intrepidity in argument , he would generously , espouse the worst
side of the question , and almost always left it weaker than he found it . His
jealousy fixed a perpetual ridicule on his character , for he was emulous of every
thing ...
Page lxv
Goldsmith was , on his side , as fully persuaded of his own importance and
independent greatness . Mr . Garrick , who had been so long treated with the
complimentary language paid to a successful patentee and admired actor ,
expected that ...
Goldsmith was , on his side , as fully persuaded of his own importance and
independent greatness . Mr . Garrick , who had been so long treated with the
complimentary language paid to a successful patentee and admired actor ,
expected that ...
Page lxvii
This circumstance naturally produced expostulation and reproach from one side ,
which was often returned with anger and vehemence on the other . After much
and disagreeable alter . cation , one bookseller desired to refer the matter in ...
This circumstance naturally produced expostulation and reproach from one side ,
which was often returned with anger and vehemence on the other . After much
and disagreeable alter . cation , one bookseller desired to refer the matter in ...
Page lxxx
While he indulged himself in this fanciful reverie , he observed Johnson shaking
his sides , and laughing . Upon which he smartly proceeded , “ Why , Dr .
Johnson , this is not so easy as you seem to think ; for if you were to make little
fishes ...
While he indulged himself in this fanciful reverie , he observed Johnson shaking
his sides , and laughing . Upon which he smartly proceeded , “ Why , Dr .
Johnson , this is not so easy as you seem to think ; for if you were to make little
fishes ...
Page lxxxvi
... one evening being in a large party , was called upon after supper for her toast ,
and seeming embarrassed , she was desired to give the ugliest man she knew ,
and she immediately named Dr . Goldsmith , on which a lady on the other side of
...
... one evening being in a large party , was called upon after supper for her toast ,
and seeming embarrassed , she was desired to give the ugliest man she knew ,
and she immediately named Dr . Goldsmith , on which a lady on the other side 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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