Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 195
... Vicar of Wakefield . " He had put his inherited philosophy to tests far more really mordant than those which the Vicar's underwent in the story , and they left it enriched but in its essence unaltered . Goethe testifies : It is not to ...
... Vicar of Wakefield . " He had put his inherited philosophy to tests far more really mordant than those which the Vicar's underwent in the story , and they left it enriched but in its essence unaltered . Goethe testifies : It is not to ...
Page 196
... Vicar " without acquiring some philosophy from it . Goldsmith is far more our contemporary than Richardson , Fielding , Smollett or Sterne , partly because his enchanting style is more con- stantly in the best English tradition , less ...
... Vicar " without acquiring some philosophy from it . Goldsmith is far more our contemporary than Richardson , Fielding , Smollett or Sterne , partly because his enchanting style is more con- stantly in the best English tradition , less ...
Page 205
... Vicar , " then due to appear , he would be coming up for judgment as a preacher . The Vicar's sermon delivered in jail is a sermon addressed to the wretched , by one who felt the pinch . " They who would know the miseries of the poor ...
... Vicar , " then due to appear , he would be coming up for judgment as a preacher . The Vicar's sermon delivered in jail is a sermon addressed to the wretched , by one who felt the pinch . " They who would know the miseries of the poor ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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