Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 14
... doubt the family was tight - packed according to modern notions . But no doubt also , according to Irish usage , room was found there , time and again , for casual guests . About the house was the farm , and at haymaking or harvest ...
... doubt the family was tight - packed according to modern notions . But no doubt also , according to Irish usage , room was found there , time and again , for casual guests . About the house was the farm , and at haymaking or harvest ...
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... doubt been a frugal stu- dent ; his eldest son , Henry Goldsmith , whose college course had been completed before Oliver entered , probably was able to keep up a tolerable appearance , since his father in those years was living at ...
... doubt been a frugal stu- dent ; his eldest son , Henry Goldsmith , whose college course had been completed before Oliver entered , probably was able to keep up a tolerable appearance , since his father in those years was living at ...
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... doubt heard of the poems from him ; Johnson certainly did . But I think Johnson was only concerned with those parts of the poems which he himself could amend or even add to : I doubt if he even guessed at that feeling which Oliver ...
... doubt heard of the poems from him ; Johnson certainly did . But I think Johnson was only concerned with those parts of the poems which he himself could amend or even add to : I doubt if he even guessed at that feeling which Oliver ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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