The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Heritage Press, 1963 |
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Page 295
... Goldsmith supped at the Mitre . I was before this time pretty well acquainted with Goldsmith , who was one of the brightest ornaments of the Johnsonian school . Goldsmith's respectful attachment to Johnson was then at its height ; for ...
... Goldsmith supped at the Mitre . I was before this time pretty well acquainted with Goldsmith , who was one of the brightest ornaments of the Johnsonian school . Goldsmith's respectful attachment to Johnson was then at its height ; for ...
Page 365
... GOLDSMITH . ' Nay , Sir ; but your Muse was not a whore . ' JOHNSON . ' Sir , I do not think she was . But as we advance in the journey of life we drop some of the things which have pleased us ; whether it be that we are fatigued and ...
... GOLDSMITH . ' Nay , Sir ; but your Muse was not a whore . ' JOHNSON . ' Sir , I do not think she was . But as we advance in the journey of life we drop some of the things which have pleased us ; whether it be that we are fatigued and ...
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... Goldsmith's comedy of natured Man [ x ] " The Good - natured Man . ' The first lines of this Prologue are strongly characteristical of the dismal gloom of his mind ; which in his case , as in the case of all who are distressed with the ...
... Goldsmith's comedy of natured Man [ x ] " The Good - natured Man . ' The first lines of this Prologue are strongly characteristical of the dismal gloom of his mind ; which in his case , as in the case of all who are distressed with the ...
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