Oliver Goldsmith: A BiographyG.P. Putnam and Son, 1867 - 382 pages |
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... guinea for travelling expenses . He was but a stripling of sixteen , and being thus suddenly mounted on horseback , with money in his pocket , it is no wonder that his head was turned . He deter- mined to play the man , and to spend his ...
... guinea for travelling expenses . He was but a stripling of sixteen , and being thus suddenly mounted on horseback , with money in his pocket , it is no wonder that his head was turned . He deter- mined to play the man , and to spend his ...
Page 50
... guinea , which I assured him should be repaid with thanks . And you know , sir , ' said I , ' it is no more than I have done for you . ' To which he firmly answered , ' Why , look you , Mr. Goldsmith , that is neither here nor there . I ...
... guinea , which I assured him should be repaid with thanks . And you know , sir , ' said I , ' it is no more than I have done for you . ' To which he firmly answered , ' Why , look you , Mr. Goldsmith , that is neither here nor there . I ...
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... guinea to bear my necessary expenses on the road . To Mrs. Anne Goldsmith , Ballymahon . " " OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Such is the story given by the poet - errant of this his second sally in quest of adventures . We cannot but think it was ...
... guinea to bear my necessary expenses on the road . To Mrs. Anne Goldsmith , Ballymahon . " " OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Such is the story given by the poet - errant of this his second sally in quest of adventures . We cannot but think it was ...
Page 70
... guinea . " Blessed , " says one of his biographers , " with a good consti- tution , an adventurous spirit , and with that thoughtless , or , perhaps , happy disposition which takes no care for to - morrow , he continued his travels for ...
... guinea . " Blessed , " says one of his biographers , " with a good consti- tution , an adventurous spirit , and with that thoughtless , or , perhaps , happy disposition which takes no care for to - morrow , he continued his travels for ...
Page 103
... guinea ; and who had rather be reck- oning the money in your pocket than the virtue in your breast All this , I say , I have done , and a thousand other very silly though very disinterested , things in my time ; and for all which no ...
... guinea ; and who had rather be reck- oning the money in your pocket than the virtue in your breast All this , I say , I have done , and a thousand other very silly though very disinterested , things in my time ; and for all which no ...
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