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Page iv
I have , therefore , collected them into an Appendix , where they appear under the
sanction of the narrators ' names , who are alone responsible for their truth . ”
CONTENTS . Page MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . By T . HARVARU.
I have , therefore , collected them into an Appendix , where they appear under the
sanction of the narrators ' names , who are alone responsible for their truth . ”
CONTENTS . Page MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH . By T . HARVARU.
Page xv
Goldsmith , indeed , was so regardless of truth as to assert in print that he was
present at a most interesting conversation between Voltaire and Fontenelle , and
that this conversation took place at Paris . Now , it is certain that Voltaire never
was ...
Goldsmith , indeed , was so regardless of truth as to assert in print that he was
present at a most interesting conversation between Voltaire and Fontenelle , and
that this conversation took place at Paris . Now , it is certain that Voltaire never
was ...
Page xxiv
The Goodnatured Man had been too funny to succeed ; yet the mirth of the Good
- natured Man was sober when compared with the rich drollery of She Stoops to
Conquer , which is , in truth , an incomparable farce in five acts . On this occasion
...
The Goodnatured Man had been too funny to succeed ; yet the mirth of the Good
- natured Man was sober when compared with the rich drollery of She Stoops to
Conquer , which is , in truth , an incomparable farce in five acts . On this occasion
...
Page xxviii
His associates 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 to ...
His associates 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 to ...
Page xxix
The truth probably is , that he was not more envious , but merely less prudent
than his neighbours . His heart was on his lips . All those small jealousies , which
are but too common among men of letters , but which a man of letters , who is
also ...
The truth probably is , that he was not more envious , but merely less prudent
than his neighbours . His heart was on his lips . All those small jealousies , which
are but too common among men of letters , but which a man of letters , who is
also ...
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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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