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Page vi
... Poet Laberius ... 160 Prologue to Zobeide . 162 Epilogue spoken by Mr. Lee Lewes .. 164 Epilogue to the Comedy of the Sister . 166 Epilogue to the Good - Natured Man .. 168 Epilogue to the Comedy of " She Stoops to Conquer " . Intended ...
... Poet Laberius ... 160 Prologue to Zobeide . 162 Epilogue spoken by Mr. Lee Lewes .. 164 Epilogue to the Comedy of the Sister . 166 Epilogue to the Good - Natured Man .. 168 Epilogue to the Comedy of " She Stoops to Conquer " . Intended ...
Page x
... poet , are forced to perform the latter part of their journey on foot . The hamlet lies far from any high road , on a dreary plain which , in wet weather , is often a lake . The lanes would break any jaunting car to pieces ; and there ...
... poet , are forced to perform the latter part of their journey on foot . The hamlet lies far from any high road , on a dreary plain which , in wet weather , is often a lake . The lanes would break any jaunting car to pieces ; and there ...
Page xxiii
... poet may easily be pardoned for reasoning ill ; but he can- not be pardoned for describing ill , for observing the world in which he lives so carelessly , that his portraits bear no resemblance to the originals , for exhibiting as ...
... poet may easily be pardoned for reasoning ill ; but he can- not be pardoned for describing ill , for observing the world in which he lives so carelessly , that his portraits bear no resemblance to the originals , for exhibiting as ...
Page xxxiii
... Poets . No man ap- preciated Goldsmith's writings more justly than Johnson ; no man was better acquainted with Goldsmith's character and habits ; and no man was more competent to delineate with truth and spirit the peculiarities of a ...
... Poets . No man ap- preciated Goldsmith's writings more justly than Johnson ; no man was better acquainted with Goldsmith's character and habits ; and no man was more competent to delineate with truth and spirit the peculiarities of a ...
Page xxxix
... poet already alluded to , was presented to Sir Joshua , by his servant , from the author . Goldsmith immediately laid hold of it and began to read it , and at every line cut almost through the paper with his finger - nail , crying out ...
... poet already alluded to , was presented to Sir Joshua , by his servant , from the author . Goldsmith immediately laid hold of it and began to read it , and at every line cut almost through the paper with his finger - nail , crying out ...
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