Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 132
... matter of it is indeed no great matter . But if we had a similar work by one of the vagantes who swarmed out of Ireland in the ninth and tenth centuries , we should be less obliged to reconstruct the beginnings of modern Europe by ...
... matter of it is indeed no great matter . But if we had a similar work by one of the vagantes who swarmed out of Ireland in the ninth and tenth centuries , we should be less obliged to reconstruct the beginnings of modern Europe by ...
Page 141
... matter when the scribbling must be done to order ; the difficulty then is to keep a mar- gin of reserve which is not expended from day to day . Yet from that margin Goldsmith gradually drew within the next four years his " Vicar of ...
... matter when the scribbling must be done to order ; the difficulty then is to keep a mar- gin of reserve which is not expended from day to day . Yet from that margin Goldsmith gradually drew within the next four years his " Vicar of ...
Page 316
... matter of thirty pounds he would go to certain companions in the country hoping to double it - and come back empty . Even at the Bunburys ' house , play was the fashion , and we have an amusing epistle from him , part verse and part ...
... matter of thirty pounds he would go to certain companions in the country hoping to double it - and come back empty . Even at the Bunburys ' house , play was the fashion , and we have an amusing epistle from him , part verse and part ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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