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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... of Goldsmith are cherished and laid in our bo- soms . We do not quote them with ostentation , but they mingle with our minds , sweeten our tempers , and Oliver Goldsmith . 1 harmonize our thoughts ; they put us in good humour.
... of Goldsmith are cherished and laid in our bo- soms . We do not quote them with ostentation , but they mingle with our minds , sweeten our tempers , and Oliver Goldsmith . 1 harmonize our thoughts ; they put us in good humour.
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... mind , and took in- stant root there ; but the slow plants of useful know- ledge were apt to be overrun , if not choked , by the weeds of his quick imagination . Another trait of his motley preceptor , Byrne , was a disposition to ...
... mind , and took in- stant root there ; but the slow plants of useful know- ledge were apt to be overrun , if not choked , by the weeds of his quick imagination . Another trait of his motley preceptor , Byrne , was a disposition to ...
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... mind , and to render the base mind baser . Indeed , the galling effect of these servile tasks upon youths of proud spirits and quick sensibilities became at length too notorious to be disregarded . About fifty years since , on a Trinity ...
... mind , and to render the base mind baser . Indeed , the galling effect of these servile tasks upon youths of proud spirits and quick sensibilities became at length too notorious to be disregarded . About fifty years since , on a Trinity ...
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... mind for such a sacred office : others attri- buted it to his roving propensities , and his desire to visit foreign countries ; he himself gives a whimsical objection in his biography of the " Man in Black : " " To be obliged to wear a ...
... mind for such a sacred office : others attri- buted it to his roving propensities , and his desire to visit foreign countries ; he himself gives a whimsical objection in his biography of the " Man in Black : " " To be obliged to wear a ...
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... mind ) to your agreeable family , and give my service to my mother , if you see her ; for , as you express it in Ireland , I have a sneaking kindness for her still . Direct to me , Student in Physic , in Edinburgh . " Nothing worthy of ...
... mind ) to your agreeable family , and give my service to my mother , if you see her ; for , as you express it in Ireland , I have a sneaking kindness for her still . Direct to me , Student in Physic , in Edinburgh . " Nothing worthy of ...
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