Oliver GoldsmithH. Jenkins, 1951 - 286 pages |
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Page 107
... accepted this post only as a desperate alternative to the slavery of an usher's life . I am far more in- clined to believe that he accepted it with the enthusiasm - and to this he added his own particular brand of Irish optimism— with ...
... accepted this post only as a desperate alternative to the slavery of an usher's life . I am far more in- clined to believe that he accepted it with the enthusiasm - and to this he added his own particular brand of Irish optimism— with ...
Page 205
... accepted as an equal in the circle that included Johnson and Garrick and Reynolds . In 1772 both his career and reputation crashed . Suspected of murder , he fled to France and hid there under an assumed name until his death , " poor ...
... accepted as an equal in the circle that included Johnson and Garrick and Reynolds . In 1772 both his career and reputation crashed . Suspected of murder , he fled to France and hid there under an assumed name until his death , " poor ...
Page 257
... acceptance , for I fancy I will make it a fine thing . You shall have the refusal . I wish you would not take up Newbery's note , but let Waller1 teize him , without however coming to extremities , let him haggle after him and he will ...
... acceptance , for I fancy I will make it a fine thing . You shall have the refusal . I wish you would not take up Newbery's note , but let Waller1 teize him , without however coming to extremities , let him haggle after him and he will ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
IRELAND | 15 |
SCOTLAND THE MEDICAL STUDENT | 51 |
Copyright | |
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