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Page lvi
His answer was , I believe I did ; I fired at them all ; I angled all the night , but I
caught nothing . ' When he was scheming some essay perhaps , he would force
the subject on every body , till Johnson has been quite provoked , and at last did
say ...
His answer was , I believe I did ; I fired at them all ; I angled all the night , but I
caught nothing . ' When he was scheming some essay perhaps , he would force
the subject on every body , till Johnson has been quite provoked , and at last did
say ...
Page lvii
I was with Goldsmith there ; but whether that night or not I cannot specify .
Goldsmith merely was made known to Ludlam by me , and his low humour was
not ill adapted to Ludlam ' s own style of conversa* tion ; however , I will add Mr .
Ludlam ...
I was with Goldsmith there ; but whether that night or not I cannot specify .
Goldsmith merely was made known to Ludlam by me , and his low humour was
not ill adapted to Ludlam ' s own style of conversa* tion ; however , I will add Mr .
Ludlam ...
Page lxxx
... Goldsmith sat in restless agitation , from a wish to get in and shine . Finding
himself excluded , he had taken his hat to go away , but remained for some time
with it in his hand , like a gamester , who , at the close of a long night , lingers for
...
... Goldsmith sat in restless agitation , from a wish to get in and shine . Finding
himself excluded , he had taken his hat to go away , but remained for some time
with it in his hand , like a gamester , who , at the close of a long night , lingers for
...
Page lxxxi
In our way to the club to - night , when I regretted that Goldsmith would , upon
every occasion , endeavour to shine , by which he often exposed himself , Mr .
Langton observed that he was not like Addison , who was content with the fame
of his ...
In our way to the club to - night , when I regretted that Goldsmith would , upon
every occasion , endeavour to shine , by which he often exposed himself , Mr .
Langton observed that he was not like Addison , who was content with the fame
of his ...
Page lxxxiv
... he told me that Dr . Goldsmith had given a very comical and unnecessarily
exact recital there of his own feelings when his play was hissed ; telling the
company how he went indeed to the Literary Club at night , and chatted gaily
among his ...
... he told me that Dr . Goldsmith had given a very comical and unnecessarily
exact recital there of his own feelings when his play was hissed ; telling the
company how he went indeed to the Literary Club at night , and chatted gaily
among his ...
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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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