The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books, Volume 3Bradbury and Evans, 1818 - 704 pages |
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... acquaintances were seeking materials for his Life . ' He ' seemed to possess two natures , ' was the learned comment , at once upon his childhood and his manhood . And there was sense in it . For struggling ever , though always ...
... acquaintances were seeking materials for his Life . ' He ' seemed to possess two natures , ' was the learned comment , at once upon his childhood and his manhood . And there was sense in it . For struggling ever , though always ...
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... acquaintance he formed of whom Mr. Beatty , Mr. Nugent , Mr. Roach , and Mr. Daly , communicated with Bishop Percy and his friends , when the first memoir was compiled . They re- collected Mr. Hughes's special kindness to him , and ...
... acquaintance he formed of whom Mr. Beatty , Mr. Nugent , Mr. Roach , and Mr. Daly , communicated with Bishop Percy and his friends , when the first memoir was compiled . They re- collected Mr. Hughes's special kindness to him , and ...
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... acquaintance , on which , if true , the leading incident of She Stoops to Conquer was founded . At the close of his last holidays , then a lad of nearly seventeen , he left home for Edgeworthstown : mounted on a borrowed hack which a ...
... acquaintance , on which , if true , the leading incident of She Stoops to Conquer was founded . At the close of his last holidays , then a lad of nearly seventeen , he left home for Edgeworthstown : mounted on a borrowed hack which a ...
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... acquaintance , it might the better be accounted for . But the school - days of Oliver Goldsmith are now to close . Within the last year there had been some changes at Lissoy , which not a little affected the family fortunes . Catherine ...
... acquaintance , it might the better be accounted for . But the school - days of Oliver Goldsmith are now to close . Within the last year there had been some changes at Lissoy , which not a little affected the family fortunes . Catherine ...
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... acquaintance on the road , to whose house he went . With exquisite humour he describes this most miserly acquaint- ance , who , to allay his desperate hunger , dilated on the ! 6 advantages of a diet of slops and set him 34 [ BOOK I ...
... acquaintance on the road , to whose house he went . With exquisite humour he describes this most miserly acquaint- ance , who , to allay his desperate hunger , dilated on the ! 6 advantages of a diet of slops and set him 34 [ BOOK I ...
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