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Page xxiii
... things which never were and never could be found together . What would be thought of a painter who should mix August and January in one landscape , who should introduce a frozen river into a harvest scene ? Would it be a suffi- cient ...
... things which never were and never could be found together . What would be thought of a painter who should mix August and January in one landscape , who should introduce a frozen river into a harvest scene ? Would it be a suffi- cient ...
Page xxvii
... things which he said , that Horace Walpole described him as an inspired idiot . " Noll , " said Garrick , " wrote like an angel , and talked like poor Pol . " Chamier declared that it was a hard exercise of faith to believe that so ...
... things which he said , that Horace Walpole described him as an inspired idiot . " Noll , " said Garrick , " wrote like an angel , and talked like poor Pol . " Chamier declared that it was a hard exercise of faith to believe that so ...
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... thing which he could not do . After every attempt he felt that he had exposed himself , and writhed with shame and vexation ; yet the next moment he began again . His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness , which , in spite ...
... thing which he could not do . After every attempt he felt that he had exposed himself , and writhed with shame and vexation ; yet the next moment he began again . His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness , which , in spite ...
Page xxix
... thing . They would have echoed the praises of the man whom they envied , and then have sent to the newspapers anonymous libels upon him . Both what was good and what was bad in Goldsmith's character , was to his associates a perfect ...
... thing . They would have echoed the praises of the man whom they envied , and then have sent to the newspapers anonymous libels upon him . Both what was good and what was bad in Goldsmith's character , was to his associates a perfect ...
Page xxx
... thing considerable in literature . But after his name had appeared on the title - page of the Trav- eller , he had none but himself to blame for his distresses . His average income , during the last seven years of his life , certainly ...
... thing considerable in literature . But after his name had appeared on the title - page of the Trav- eller , he had none but himself to blame for his distresses . His average income , during the last seven years of his life , certainly ...
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