Oliver Goldsmith: A BiographyGeorge Routledge & Company, 1850 - 208 pages This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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Page 12
... gentleman of for- tune . Amused with the self - consequence of the strip- ling , and willing to play off a practical joke at his expense , he directed him to what was literally " the best house in the place , " namely , the family ...
... gentleman of for- tune . Amused with the self - consequence of the strip- ling , and willing to play off a practical joke at his expense , he directed him to what was literally " the best house in the place , " namely , the family ...
Page 13
... gentleman , may be readily conceived . True to his habit of turning the events of his life to literary account , we find this chapter of ludicrous blunders and cross purposes dramatized many years afterward in his ad- mirable comedy of ...
... gentleman , may be readily conceived . True to his habit of turning the events of his life to literary account , we find this chapter of ludicrous blunders and cross purposes dramatized many years afterward in his ad- mirable comedy of ...
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... gentleman of the neighbourhood . The situation was apparently respectable ; he had his seat at the table ; and joined the family in their domestic recreations and their evening game at cards . There was a servility , however , in his ...
... gentleman of the neighbourhood . The situation was apparently respectable ; he had his seat at the table ; and joined the family in their domestic recreations and their evening game at cards . There was a servility , however , in his ...
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... gentleman who entered , as Mr. Goldsmith , his most ingenious and worthy friend , of whom he had so often heard him speak with rap- ture . I could scarcely compose myself ; and must have betrayed indignation in my mien to the stranger ...
... gentleman who entered , as Mr. Goldsmith , his most ingenious and worthy friend , of whom he had so often heard him speak with rap- ture . I could scarcely compose myself ; and must have betrayed indignation in my mien to the stranger ...
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... gentlemen here are much better bred than among us . No such character here as our fox - hunters ; and they have expressed great surprise when I informed them , that some men in Ireland , of one thousand pounds a year , spend their whole ...
... gentlemen here are much better bred than among us . No such character here as our fox - hunters ; and they have expressed great surprise when I informed them , that some men in Ireland , of one thousand pounds a year , spend their whole ...
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