Oliver GoldsmithH. Jenkins, 1951 - 286 pages |
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Page 58
... less serious where will you find a language so prettily become a pretty mouth as the broad scotch and the women here speak it in it's highest purity , for instance teach one of the Young Lady's at home to pronounce the Whoar wull I gong ...
... less serious where will you find a language so prettily become a pretty mouth as the broad scotch and the women here speak it in it's highest purity , for instance teach one of the Young Lady's at home to pronounce the Whoar wull I gong ...
Page 75
... less - at a moment's notice , and as a prodigal son rejoins his family . To a large and politely appreciative circle he narrates his adventures . " No person " -he states - and the voice is Goldsmith's own- " ever had a better knack of ...
... less - at a moment's notice , and as a prodigal son rejoins his family . To a large and politely appreciative circle he narrates his adventures . " No person " -he states - and the voice is Goldsmith's own- " ever had a better knack of ...
Page 253
... less exciting topic of eating dogs in Otaheite . Goldsmith insisted that the custom was just as common in China , that a dog butcher there was as frequently seen as any other butcher , and that when he - the butcher- walked abroad , all ...
... less exciting topic of eating dogs in Otaheite . Goldsmith insisted that the custom was just as common in China , that a dog butcher there was as frequently seen as any other butcher , and that when he - the butcher- walked abroad , all ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
IRELAND | 15 |
SCOTLAND THE MEDICAL STUDENT | 51 |
Copyright | |
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