Oliver Goldsmith: a BiographyG. Routledge, 1850 - 213 pages |
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... talents . The worthy man was already straitened by the costs of instruction of his el- dest son Henry , and had intended to bring his second son up to a trade ; but the mother would listen to no such thing ; as usual her influence ...
... talents . The worthy man was already straitened by the costs of instruction of his el- dest son Henry , and had intended to bring his second son up to a trade ; but the mother would listen to no such thing ; as usual her influence ...
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... talents and acquirements for the remainder of his life in a curacy of forty pounds a year . Another matrimonial event occurred not long after- ward in the Goldsmith family , to disturb the equani- mity of its worthy head . This was the ...
... talents and acquirements for the remainder of his life in a curacy of forty pounds a year . Another matrimonial event occurred not long after- ward in the Goldsmith family , to disturb the equani- mity of its worthy head . This was the ...
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... talent in occasional translations from the classics , for one of which he received a premium , awarded only to those who are the first in literary merit . Still he never made much figure at college , his natural dis- inclination to ...
... talent in occasional translations from the classics , for one of which he received a premium , awarded only to those who are the first in literary merit . Still he never made much figure at college , his natural dis- inclination to ...
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... talents , and partly to my dislike of mathe- matical reasonings at a time when my imagination and memory , yet unsatisfied , were more eager after new objects than desirous of reasoning upon those I knew . This , however , did not ...
... talents , and partly to my dislike of mathe- matical reasonings at a time when my imagination and memory , yet unsatisfied , were more eager after new objects than desirous of reasoning upon those I knew . This , however , did not ...
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... talent at singing an Irish song , and telling an Irish story . His usual carelessness in money matters attended him . Though his supplies from home were scanty and irregular , he never could bring himself into habits 39.
... talent at singing an Irish song , and telling an Irish story . His usual carelessness in money matters attended him . Though his supplies from home were scanty and irregular , he never could bring himself into habits 39.
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