Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 19
... true : it was reported as true by the grand- son of that Mr. Featherston ; it is still taken for gospel by the best authority on Goldsmith in the town of Athlone . But if it was true , what lessons life was likely to have in store for a ...
... true : it was reported as true by the grand- son of that Mr. Featherston ; it is still taken for gospel by the best authority on Goldsmith in the town of Athlone . But if it was true , what lessons life was likely to have in store for a ...
Page 151
... true to say that he was a poet who at first did not write poetry because prose paid better ? I think not . He was a poet , but of a limited and specialized kind whose excellence does not develop early . Nothing could have stopped ...
... true to say that he was a poet who at first did not write poetry because prose paid better ? I think not . He was a poet , but of a limited and specialized kind whose excellence does not develop early . Nothing could have stopped ...
Page 201
... true saying for most men ; but it was not true for Oliver Goldsmith . It seems clear , since no letters appear to have passed be- tween her and him during his absence , although he wrote to his other kindred , that she had definitely ...
... true saying for most men ; but it was not true for Oliver Goldsmith . It seems clear , since no letters appear to have passed be- tween her and him during his absence , although he wrote to his other kindred , that she had definitely ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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