Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 129
... letter went out . " An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe " appeared in April , 1759 , printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall Mall . No author's name appeared , but the appropriate circles always could inform ...
... letter went out . " An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe " appeared in April , 1759 , printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall Mall . No author's name appeared , but the appropriate circles always could inform ...
Page 155
... letter to his friend at Amsterdam the impressions of a first sea - journey and a first glimpse of London . But the third letter , like the rest of the series ( except for three or four replies from China ) , is addressed to Fum Hoam ...
... letter to his friend at Amsterdam the impressions of a first sea - journey and a first glimpse of London . But the third letter , like the rest of the series ( except for three or four replies from China ) , is addressed to Fum Hoam ...
Page 162
... [ Letter 93. ] Yet in another letter he admits that the case of writers is not as when Otway and others starved : The few poets of England no longer depend on the great for subsistence ; they have now no other patrons but the public , and ...
... [ Letter 93. ] Yet in another letter he admits that the case of writers is not as when Otway and others starved : The few poets of England no longer depend on the great for subsistence ; they have now no other patrons but the public , and ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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