The Life and Times of Oliver GoldsmithWildside Press LLC, 2010 M12 1 - 504 pages John Forster (1812-1876), was an English biographer and critic and a friend of author Charles Dickens. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) was an Irish writer, poet, and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield. |
Contents
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entrance | 59 |
53 | 173 |
Speaking out for the Authors | 191 |
CHAPTER II | 231 |
CHAPTER VIII | 294 |
77 | 298 |
1763 | 321 |
Jacobite adventure at Newcastle 56 | 331 |
A club proposed | 333 |
49 | 78 |
CHAPTER I | 101 |
A strange dispenser of fame | 364 |
CHAPTER II | 388 |
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Vol. 4 of 4 (Classic Reprint) John Forster No preview available - 2018 |
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