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... fame diminish his envy , or cure the intractability of his temper . John Home was taught by experience , that his connexions with the great were of no avail with the public , and that courtly approbation was no protection from popular ...
... fame diminish his envy , or cure the intractability of his temper . John Home was taught by experience , that his connexions with the great were of no avail with the public , and that courtly approbation was no protection from popular ...
Page lxx
... fame ; Till his relish grown callous , almost to disease , Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please . But let us be candid , and speak out our mind ; If dunces applauded , he paid them in kind . Ye Kenricks , ye Kellys , and ...
... fame ; Till his relish grown callous , almost to disease , Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please . But let us be candid , and speak out our mind ; If dunces applauded , he paid them in kind . Ye Kenricks , ye Kellys , and ...
Page lxxv
... fame of Goldsmith had not been elevated , as it afterwards was , by his " Traveller ; " and the bookseller had such faint hopes of profit by his bargain , that he kept the manuscript by him a long time , and did not publish it till ...
... fame of Goldsmith had not been elevated , as it afterwards was , by his " Traveller ; " and the bookseller had such faint hopes of profit by his bargain , that he kept the manuscript by him a long time , and did not publish it till ...
Page lxxxi
... fame of his writings , and did not aim also at excellency in conversa- tion , for which he found himself unfit ; and that he said to a lady , who complained of his having talked little in company , ' Madam , I have but ninepence in ...
... fame of his writings , and did not aim also at excellency in conversa- tion , for which he found himself unfit ; and that he said to a lady , who complained of his having talked little in company , ' Madam , I have but ninepence in ...
Page lxxxii
... fame , one of his friends begun to recollect something of his being distinguished at college . Goldsmith , in the same manner , recollected more of that friend's early years , as he grew a greater man . ' 6 Goldsmith being mentioned ...
... fame , one of his friends begun to recollect something of his being distinguished at college . Goldsmith , in the same manner , recollected more of that friend's early years , as he grew a greater man . ' 6 Goldsmith being mentioned ...
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