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Page xviii
About every thing that he wrote , serious or sportive , there was a certain natural
grace and decorum , hardly to be expected from a man a great part of whose life
had been passed among thieves and beggars , street - walkers and merry ...
About every thing that he wrote , serious or sportive , there was a certain natural
grace and decorum , hardly to be expected from a man a great part of whose life
had been passed among thieves and beggars , street - walkers and merry ...
Page xxii
During some years , more tears were shed at comedies than at tragedies ; and a
pleasantry which moved the audience to any thing more than a grave smile , was
reprobated as low . It is not strange , therefore , that the very best scene in the ...
During some years , more tears were shed at comedies than at tragedies ; and a
pleasantry which moved the audience to any thing more than a grave smile , was
reprobated as low . It is not strange , therefore , that the very best scene in the ...
Page xxviii
His animal spirits and vanity were always impelling him to try to do the one thing
which he could not do . After every attempt he felt that he had exposed himself ,
and writhed with shame and vexation ; yet the next moment he began again .
His animal spirits and vanity were always impelling him to try to do the one thing
which he could not do . After every attempt he felt that he had exposed himself ,
and writhed with shame and vexation ; yet the next moment he began again .
Page xxix
George Steevens and Cumberland were men far too cunning to say such a thing
. They would have echoed the praises of the man whom they envied , and then
have sent to the newspapers anonymous libels upon him . Both what was good ...
George Steevens and Cumberland were men far too cunning to say such a thing
. They would have echoed the praises of the man whom they envied , and then
have sent to the newspapers anonymous libels upon him . Both what was good ...
Page xxx
He did , indeed , go through much sharp misery before he had done any thing
considerable in literature . But after his name had appeared on the title - page of
the Traveller , he had none but himself to blame for his distresses . His average ...
He did , indeed , go through much sharp misery before he had done any thing
considerable in literature . But after his name had appeared on the title - page of
the Traveller , he had none but himself to blame for his distresses . His average ...
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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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