Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 22
... tells of Leyden , the peasant lad who swept all before him at Edinburgh , that those who laughed at the ragged ... tell . In our days he would have found his chance on the football field , and possibly , as a useful forward or half ...
... tells of Leyden , the peasant lad who swept all before him at Edinburgh , that those who laughed at the ragged ... tell . In our days he would have found his chance on the football field , and possibly , as a useful forward or half ...
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... tells us what rang in Oliver Goldsmith's ears as he thought back to those days when reproaches of his indolence or feebleness were met even by indulgent friends with excuses of this kind , which have more contempt in them than sympathy ...
... tells us what rang in Oliver Goldsmith's ears as he thought back to those days when reproaches of his indolence or feebleness were met even by indulgent friends with excuses of this kind , which have more contempt in them than sympathy ...
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... tells how one day while they sat at dinner in Sir Joshua's house a presentation copy of a poem by Cumberland was brought in . " Goldsmith immediately laid hold of it , and began to read it , and at every line cut almost through the ...
... tells how one day while they sat at dinner in Sir Joshua's house a presentation copy of a poem by Cumberland was brought in . " Goldsmith immediately laid hold of it , and began to read it , and at every line cut almost through the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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