The Works of Washington Irving: Oliver GoldsmithGeorge P. Putnam, 1851 |
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... Good - natured Man . " - Conduct of Johnson . - Conduct of the author . - Intermeddling of the press , 206 CHAPTER ... great acquaintances , 212 CHAPTER XXIV . Reduced again to book - building . - Rural retreat at Shoemaker's Paradise ...
... Good - natured Man . " - Conduct of Johnson . - Conduct of the author . - Intermeddling of the press , 206 CHAPTER ... great acquaintances , 212 CHAPTER XXIV . Reduced again to book - building . - Rural retreat at Shoemaker's Paradise ...
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... great genius they had fancied him . He whimsically alludes to this circumstance in that piece of autobiography , “ The ... good - natured , and had no harm in me . ' 11 * The only one of his relatives who did not appear to lose faith in ...
... great genius they had fancied him . He whimsically alludes to this circumstance in that piece of autobiography , “ The ... good - natured , and had no harm in me . ' 11 * The only one of his relatives who did not appear to lose faith in ...
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... good - natured . " His uncle Contarine , however , still remained un- wavering in his kindness , though much less sanguine in his expec- tations . He now looked round for a humbler sphere of action , and through his influence and ...
... good - natured . " His uncle Contarine , however , still remained un- wavering in his kindness , though much less sanguine in his expec- tations . He now looked round for a humbler sphere of action , and through his influence and ...
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... natured corn I have on my toe , has for the future prevented that cheap mode ... good sense to appreciate correctly . " I have spent , " says he , in one of ... great man . " At first , " TRIALS OF TOADYISM . 63 says he , " I 62 OLIVER ...
... natured corn I have on my toe , has for the future prevented that cheap mode ... good sense to appreciate correctly . " I have spent , " says he , in one of ... great man . " At first , " TRIALS OF TOADYISM . 63 says he , " I 62 OLIVER ...
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... great man's table could be thought disagreeable ; there was no great trouble in listening attentively when his ... good - natured , and had not the least harm in me . " After spending two winters at Edinburgh , Goldsmith pre- pared ...
... great man's table could be thought disagreeable ; there was no great trouble in listening attentively when his ... good - natured , and had not the least harm in me . " After spending two winters at Edinburgh , Goldsmith pre- pared ...
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