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... or more stimulating fountains of thought , sentiment , and motive , than are here
. " - N . A . Review . “ The judgment of the most competent and respected authority
has been passed upon these works , and has decided that they are eminently ...
... or more stimulating fountains of thought , sentiment , and motive , than are here
. " - N . A . Review . “ The judgment of the most competent and respected authority
has been passed upon these works , and has decided that they are eminently ...
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He then thought of medicine . A small purse was made up ; and in his twenty -
fourth year , he was sent to Edinburgh . At Edinburgh , he passed eighteen
months in nominal attendance on lectures , and picked up some superficial
information ...
He then thought of medicine . A small purse was made up ; and in his twenty -
fourth year , he was sent to Edinburgh . At Edinburgh , he passed eighteen
months in nominal attendance on lectures , and picked up some superficial
information ...
Page xv
... nest in Axe Yard . He was for a time usher of a school , and felt the miseries
and humiliations of this situation so keenly , that he thought it a promotion to be
permitted to earn his bread as a bookseller ' s hack MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH .
XV.
... nest in Axe Yard . He was for a time usher of a school , and felt the miseries
and humiliations of this situation so keenly , that he thought it a promotion to be
permitted to earn his bread as a bookseller ' s hack MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH .
XV.
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What would be thought of a painter who should mix August and January in one
landscape , who should introduce a frozen river into a harvest scene ? Would it
be a sufficient defence of such a picture to say that every part was exquisitely ...
What would be thought of a painter who should mix August and January in one
landscape , who should introduce a frozen river into a harvest scene ? Would it
be a sufficient defence of such a picture to say that every part was exquisitely ...
Page xxxi
He was attacked by a nervous fever , which he thought himself competent to treat
. It would have been happy for him if his medical skill had been appreciated as
justly by himself as by others . Notwithstanding the degree which he pretended to
...
He was attacked by a nervous fever , which he thought himself competent to treat
. It would have been happy for him if his medical skill had been appreciated as
justly by himself as by others . Notwithstanding the degree which he pretended to
...
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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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