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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... court , to which he had to climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder of flagstones called Breakneck Steps . The court and the ascent have long disappeared ; but old Londoners well remember both . Here , at thirty , the ...
... court , to which he had to climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder of flagstones called Breakneck Steps . The court and the ascent have long disappeared ; but old Londoners well remember both . Here , at thirty , the ...
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... Court face was turned from honest Oliver , the Court patronized Beattie ; the fashion did not shine on him - fashion adored Sterne.1 Fashion pronounced Kelly to be the great writer of comedy of his day . A little - not ill humour , but ...
... Court face was turned from honest Oliver , the Court patronized Beattie ; the fashion did not shine on him - fashion adored Sterne.1 Fashion pronounced Kelly to be the great writer of comedy of his day . A little - not ill humour , but ...
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... court : this was at 12 Green Arbour Court , near Ludgate Hill , where the S. E. & C. Railway now runs . 13. Fleet Ditch : originally the western boundary of the City of London . It was navigable as far as Holborn Bridge , but is now ...
... court : this was at 12 Green Arbour Court , near Ludgate Hill , where the S. E. & C. Railway now runs . 13. Fleet Ditch : originally the western boundary of the City of London . It was navigable as far as Holborn Bridge , but is now ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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