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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... carried him off . I say prosperity rather than competence , for it is probable that no sum could have put order into his affairs or sufficed for his irreclaimable habits of dissipation . It must be 20 remembered that he owed 2,000l ...
... carried him off . I say prosperity rather than competence , for it is probable that no sum could have put order into his affairs or sufficed for his irreclaimable habits of dissipation . It must be 20 remembered that he owed 2,000l ...
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... carried in a string at his back , my friend demanded how he sold his 10 matches ; but , not waiting for a reply , desired in a surly tone to have a shilling's worth . The sailor seemed at first surprised at his demand , but soon ...
... carried in a string at his back , my friend demanded how he sold his 10 matches ; but , not waiting for a reply , desired in a surly tone to have a shilling's worth . The sailor seemed at first surprised at his demand , but soon ...
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... carried to a mischievous excess . ' The first edition was dated 1765 , and was rapidly followed by three others ; the sixth edition was five years later , and the ninth , the text of which is here given - for there were several ...
... carried to a mischievous excess . ' The first edition was dated 1765 , and was rapidly followed by three others ; the sixth edition was five years later , and the ninth , the text of which is here given - for there were several ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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