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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Page 114
... king came on in a violent passion . His wife had , it seems , refused his proffered tenderness , had spurned his royal embrace ; and he seemed resolved not to survive her fierce disdain . After he had thus fretted , and the queen had ...
... king came on in a violent passion . His wife had , it seems , refused his proffered tenderness , had spurned his royal embrace ; and he seemed resolved not to survive her fierce disdain . After he had thus fretted , and the queen had ...
Page 116
... king discovers her design , and here comes on the deep distress : he loves the queen , and he loves the kingdom ; he resolves therefore , in order to possess both , that her son must die . The queen exclaims at his barbarity , is ...
... king discovers her design , and here comes on the deep distress : he loves the queen , and he loves the kingdom ; he resolves therefore , in order to possess both , that her son must die . The queen exclaims at his barbarity , is ...
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... king ; when the rebellion was quashed , a red - hot crown was placed on the rebel king's head . As Mr. Austin Dobson says , ' much ink has been shed over Goldsmith's lapse of " Luke " for George . ' Damiens ' bed of steel : Robert ...
... king ; when the rebellion was quashed , a red - hot crown was placed on the rebel king's head . As Mr. Austin Dobson says , ' much ink has been shed over Goldsmith's lapse of " Luke " for George . ' Damiens ' bed of steel : Robert ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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