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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... knew them intimately , and was hand and glove with some of the best men in town - and he would have spoken of Johnson and of Burke , from Cork , and of Sir Joshua who had doubt very provoking , especially to one so irritable as ...
... knew them intimately , and was hand and glove with some of the best men in town - and he would have spoken of Johnson and of Burke , from Cork , and of Sir Joshua who had doubt very provoking , especially to one so irritable as ...
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... knew him well , and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes , for many a joke had he ; Full well the ...
... knew him well , and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes , for many a joke had he ; Full well the ...
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... knew a rabbit and onions from a 10 green goose and gooseberries . It is hard to say where this might have ended , had not the husband , who probably knew the impetuosity of his wife's disposition , proposed to end the dispute , by ...
... knew a rabbit and onions from a 10 green goose and gooseberries . It is hard to say where this might have ended , had not the husband , who probably knew the impetuosity of his wife's disposition , proposed to end the dispute , by ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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