Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 38
... talk of ? My life has been chiefly spent in a college or an inn , in seclusion from that lovely part of the creation that chiefly teach men confidence . I don't know that I was ever familiarly acquainted with a single modest woman ...
... talk of ? My life has been chiefly spent in a college or an inn , in seclusion from that lovely part of the creation that chiefly teach men confidence . I don't know that I was ever familiarly acquainted with a single modest woman ...
Page 80
... talk and his music , he had free quarters on half a barony . There is therefore nothing remarkable in Goldsmith's achievement , especially as it was in an age without newspapers . What is remarkable is that he should have had the ...
... talk and his music , he had free quarters on half a barony . There is therefore nothing remarkable in Goldsmith's achievement , especially as it was in an age without newspapers . What is remarkable is that he should have had the ...
Page 238
... talk to Goldsmith meant relaxation after a hard day's work ; Johnson , who in these years very seldom did any work at all , considered conversa- tion ( as we have seen ) his main activity , by which he could do as much good as by his ...
... talk to Goldsmith meant relaxation after a hard day's work ; Johnson , who in these years very seldom did any work at all , considered conversa- tion ( as we have seen ) his main activity , by which he could do as much good as by his ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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