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As models of English prose they stand unrivalled , and deserve a place in every
library , public or private , but especially in every school and town library in the
country . " - - Boston Atlas . " A series of standard works , the value and popularity
of ...
As models of English prose they stand unrivalled , and deserve a place in every
library , public or private , but especially in every school and town library in the
country . " - - Boston Atlas . " A series of standard works , the value and popularity
of ...
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quisitely ludicrous ; much more ludicrous , indeed , than suited the taste of the
town at that time . A canting , mawkish play , entitled False Delicacy , had just had
an immense run . Sentimentality was all the mode . During some years , more ...
quisitely ludicrous ; much more ludicrous , indeed , than suited the taste of the
town at that time . A canting , mawkish play , entitled False Delicacy , had just had
an immense run . Sentimentality was all the mode . During some years , more ...
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On their entering a town , I think Antwerp , the populace surrounded the door of
the hotel at which they alighted , and testified a desire to see those beautiful
young women ; and the ladies , willing to gratify them , came into a balcony at the
front ...
On their entering a town , I think Antwerp , the populace surrounded the door of
the hotel at which they alighted , and testified a desire to see those beautiful
young women ; and the ladies , willing to gratify them , came into a balcony at the
front ...
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A hopeful blade ! in town I ' ll fix my station , And cut a dashing figure through the
nation ; Turn Author , Actor , Statesman , Wit , or Beau , And stalk the Hero of the '
Puppetshow . ' Could I but gain some present firm support , I ' d quickly barter ...
A hopeful blade ! in town I ' ll fix my station , And cut a dashing figure through the
nation ; Turn Author , Actor , Statesman , Wit , or Beau , And stalk the Hero of the '
Puppetshow . ' Could I but gain some present firm support , I ' d quickly barter ...
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The greatest real fault of Dr . Goldsmith was , that , if he had thirty pounds in his
pocket , he would go into certain companies in the country , and , in hopes of
doubling the sum , would generally return to town without any part of it . One of
the ...
The greatest real fault of Dr . Goldsmith was , that , if he had thirty pounds in his
pocket , he would go into certain companies in the country , and , in hopes of
doubling the sum , would generally return to town without any part of it . One of
the ...
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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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