Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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... wrote rapidly to order , the result was always something more than merely competent ; when he wrote deliberately to express his inner thought , there was never a more meticulous artist , nor one who could so combine ease with finish ...
... wrote rapidly to order , the result was always something more than merely competent ; when he wrote deliberately to express his inner thought , there was never a more meticulous artist , nor one who could so combine ease with finish ...
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... wrote shows all the marks of flagging interest . We can trace the contributions , because Griffiths kept a file copy in which authorship was indicated : though , of course , this does not tell us what the editorial pen struck out or ...
... wrote shows all the marks of flagging interest . We can trace the contributions , because Griffiths kept a file copy in which authorship was indicated : though , of course , this does not tell us what the editorial pen struck out or ...
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... wrote with a mind stored during several years of study for this poem with images from England . I cannot agree with the Rev. Mr. Graham from Lifford in county Donegal ( chief promoter of this abortive attempt to set up a memorial ) that ...
... wrote with a mind stored during several years of study for this poem with images from England . I cannot agree with the Rev. Mr. Graham from Lifford in county Donegal ( chief promoter of this abortive attempt to set up a memorial ) that ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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