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Oliver Goldsmith. I have heard Sir Joshua say that he has frequently seen the whole company struck with an awful silence at the entrance of Goldsmith , but that Goldsmith has quickly dispelled the charm by his boyish and social manners ...
Oliver Goldsmith. I have heard Sir Joshua say that he has frequently seen the whole company struck with an awful silence at the entrance of Goldsmith , but that Goldsmith has quickly dispelled the charm by his boyish and social manners ...
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... seen the following extract from Mr. Chalmers's Life of Goldsmith , in the collection of English Poets , published in 1810 : - " The present edition of his poems is copied from the octavo principally , with the addition of the Threnodia ...
... seen the following extract from Mr. Chalmers's Life of Goldsmith , in the collection of English Poets , published in 1810 : - " The present edition of his poems is copied from the octavo principally , with the addition of the Threnodia ...
Page liv
... seen or heard from Dr. Goldsmith for a very con- siderable time , till I came to town with my wife , who was to place herself under the care of Mr. Parkinson , dentist , in Fleet- street , for rather a dangerous operation ; and we took ...
... seen or heard from Dr. Goldsmith for a very con- siderable time , till I came to town with my wife , who was to place herself under the care of Mr. Parkinson , dentist , in Fleet- street , for rather a dangerous operation ; and we took ...
Page lxxvii
... seen an apparition . Goldsmith told us he was assured by his brother , the Rev. Mr. Goldsmith , that he also had seen one . Of our friend Goldsmith he said , ' Sir , he is so much afraid of being unnoticed , that he often talks merely ...
... seen an apparition . Goldsmith told us he was assured by his brother , the Rev. Mr. Goldsmith , that he also had seen one . Of our friend Goldsmith he said , ' Sir , he is so much afraid of being unnoticed , that he often talks merely ...
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... seen me write it . Goldsmith , however , was a man , who , whatever he wrote , did it better than any other man could do . He deserved a place in Westminster Abbey , and every year he lived would have deserved it better . He had ...
... seen me write it . Goldsmith , however , was a man , who , whatever he wrote , did it better than any other man could do . He deserved a place in Westminster Abbey , and every year he lived would have deserved it better . He had ...
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