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Page lxiii
... , his elocution was continually interrupted by disagreeable hesitation , and he was always unhappy if the conversation did not turn upon himself . To manifest his intrepidity in argument , he would gene- ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH . lxiii.
... , his elocution was continually interrupted by disagreeable hesitation , and he was always unhappy if the conversation did not turn upon himself . To manifest his intrepidity in argument , he would gene- ANECDOTES OF GOLDSMITH . lxiii.
Page lxix
... turn'd to fictions . Now mix these ingredients , which , warm'd in the baking , Turn to learning and gaming , religion and raking . With the love of a wench , let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter , his pen ...
... turn'd to fictions . Now mix these ingredients , which , warm'd in the baking , Turn to learning and gaming , religion and raking . With the love of a wench , let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter , his pen ...
Page lxx
... turn'd and he varied full ten times a day : Though secure of our hearts , yet confoundedly sick , If they were not his own by finessing and trick . He cast off his friends , as a huntsman his pack ; For he knew , when he pleas'd , he ...
... turn'd and he varied full ten times a day : Though secure of our hearts , yet confoundedly sick , If they were not his own by finessing and trick . He cast off his friends , as a huntsman his pack ; For he knew , when he pleas'd , he ...
Page lxxii
... turn , thought him an unpolished man , and an absurd companion : but when this unhappy Italian was charged with murder , and afterwards sent by Sir John Fielding to Newgate , Goldsmith opened his purse , and would have given him every ...
... turn , thought him an unpolished man , and an absurd companion : but when this unhappy Italian was charged with murder , and afterwards sent by Sir John Fielding to Newgate , Goldsmith opened his purse , and would have given him every ...
Page lxxiii
... turn an ode of Horace into English better than any of them . ' He afterwards studied physic at Edinburgh , and upon the Continent ; and , I have been informed , was enabled to pursue his travels on foot , partly by demanding at the ...
... turn an ode of Horace into English better than any of them . ' He afterwards studied physic at Edinburgh , and upon the Continent ; and , I have been informed , was enabled to pursue his travels on foot , partly by demanding at the ...
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