Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 191
... asked what was the matter : " Only that this very cautious gentleman has refused to take my note for the reckoning . " " You are forgetting , " said the other , " that you owe me fourteen or fifteen pounds already ; and since you have ...
... asked what was the matter : " Only that this very cautious gentleman has refused to take my note for the reckoning . " " You are forgetting , " said the other , " that you owe me fourteen or fifteen pounds already ; and since you have ...
Page 288
... asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him see I suspected it was his , though subscribed by Goldsmith . Johnson . " Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have asked me to write such a thing as that for him , than ...
... asked him if Dr. Goldsmith had written it , with an air that made him see I suspected it was his , though subscribed by Goldsmith . Johnson . " Sir , Dr. Goldsmith would no more have asked me to write such a thing as that for him , than ...
Page 316
... asked what had been the matter . " It was the voice of that ballad - singer outside the window , " he said . " She sounded so miserable I could not bear it any longer . " So he ran out with his largess . - But we 316 FUNERAL HONORS.
... asked what had been the matter . " It was the voice of that ballad - singer outside the window , " he said . " She sounded so miserable I could not bear it any longer . " So he ran out with his largess . - But we 316 FUNERAL HONORS.
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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