Essays on Goldsmith by Scott, Macaulay, and Thackeray: And Selections from His WritingsOliver Goldsmith, Grace Eleanor Hadow, Charles Bickersteth Wheeler, Walter Scott, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay, William Makepeace Thackeray Clarendon Press, 1946 - 200 pages |
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... Traveller differs from all Goldsmith's other writings . In general his designs were bad , and his execution good . In the Traveller , the execution , though deserving of much praise , is far inferior to the design . No philosophical ...
... Traveller differs from all Goldsmith's other writings . In general his designs were bad , and his execution good . In the Traveller , the execution , though deserving of much praise , is far inferior to the design . No philosophical ...
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... Traveller ; and it is generally preferred to the Traveller by that large class of readers who think , with Bayes in the Rehearsal , that the only use of a plan is to bring in fine things . More discerning judges , how- ever , while they ...
... Traveller ; and it is generally preferred to the Traveller by that large class of readers who think , with Bayes in the Rehearsal , that the only use of a plan is to bring in fine things . More discerning judges , how- ever , while they ...
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... TRAVELLER PAGE 62. When the poem appeared in December 1764 Goldsmith prefixed a dedication to his elder brother Henry , in which he says , as a part of this poem was formerly written to you from Switzerland [ i . e . in 1755 ] , the ...
... TRAVELLER PAGE 62. When the poem appeared in December 1764 Goldsmith prefixed a dedication to his elder brother Henry , in which he says , as a part of this poem was formerly written to you from Switzerland [ i . e . in 1755 ] , the ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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