Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 17
... knew painfully how ill he was equipped for the part . Ugly and awkward , he never forgot his ugliness and his ... knew that he was famous , his friends knew , and he knew , that he was absurd . Nobody knew it so well as himself . In the ...
... knew painfully how ill he was equipped for the part . Ugly and awkward , he never forgot his ugliness and his ... knew that he was famous , his friends knew , and he knew , that he was absurd . Nobody knew it so well as himself . In the ...
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... knew himself , and in these touches sets out the quali- ties which had made undergraduate life bitter to him : and there is nowhere any trace of a feeling that the ordeal had been profitable discipline . It is necessary to be clear what ...
... knew himself , and in these touches sets out the quali- ties which had made undergraduate life bitter to him : and there is nowhere any trace of a feeling that the ordeal had been profitable discipline . It is necessary to be clear what ...
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... knew the use of irony as well as any that ever read or wrote . But they also knew their English public . Whatever comes to us from Reynolds's studio is free from 242 SOCIAL LIFE.
... knew the use of irony as well as any that ever read or wrote . But they also knew their English public . Whatever comes to us from Reynolds's studio is free from 242 SOCIAL LIFE.
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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