Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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... lived on it , may be known by anyone who reads " The Vicar of Wakefield . " This is the countryside where Oliver Goldsmith grew up ; here he had the only home he ever knew ; his notions of the country life , which he always praised at ...
... lived on it , may be known by anyone who reads " The Vicar of Wakefield . " This is the countryside where Oliver Goldsmith grew up ; here he had the only home he ever knew ; his notions of the country life , which he always praised at ...
Page 96
... -in Iceland . If Contarine had taught his nephew anything about the mythology of those " Celtes " who lived in Ireland , we find no trace of it here . Nor , and this is more important , do we 96 THE APPROACH TO GRUB STREET.
... -in Iceland . If Contarine had taught his nephew anything about the mythology of those " Celtes " who lived in Ireland , we find no trace of it here . Nor , and this is more important , do we 96 THE APPROACH TO GRUB STREET.
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... lived to be an hundred and three years old . . . age may justly be styled the sun of ... and the Confucius of Europe . . . learned world , were anonymous , and have probably been lost , because united with those of others . The first ...
... lived to be an hundred and three years old . . . age may justly be styled the sun of ... and the Confucius of Europe . . . learned world , were anonymous , and have probably been lost , because united with those of others . The first ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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