Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 144
... short , there is hardly a character in comedy , to which a player of any real humor might not add strokes of vivacity that could not fail of applause . But instead of this , we too often see our fine gentlemen do nothing through a whole ...
... short , there is hardly a character in comedy , to which a player of any real humor might not add strokes of vivacity that could not fail of applause . But instead of this , we too often see our fine gentlemen do nothing through a whole ...
Page 150
... short ; and this is not one of the essays which Gold- smith chose to reprint . But in the preface to that collection he remarks that , although the various publications in which they first appeared were short - lived , and therefore his ...
... short ; and this is not one of the essays which Gold- smith chose to reprint . But in the preface to that collection he remarks that , although the various publications in which they first appeared were short - lived , and therefore his ...
Page 168
... short of £ 500 nowadays . Work at the current rates crowded in on him : he became editor of the " Ladies ' Magazine " and published in it his fragmentary " Life of Voltaire " ; and when " The Citizen of the World " stopped , Newbery ...
... short of £ 500 nowadays . Work at the current rates crowded in on him : he became editor of the " Ladies ' Magazine " and published in it his fragmentary " Life of Voltaire " ; and when " The Citizen of the World " stopped , Newbery ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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