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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... learning to dance on the stage , which gave the ladies and mandarins infinite satisfaction . ' I am sorry , ' said I , ' to see the pretty creature so early learning so bad a trade ; dancing being , I presume , as contemptible 30 here ...
... learning to dance on the stage , which gave the ladies and mandarins infinite satisfaction . ' I am sorry , ' said I , ' to see the pretty creature so early learning so bad a trade ; dancing being , I presume , as contemptible 30 here ...
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... learning , for learning , he used to observe , was better than silver or gold . For this purpose , he undertook to instruct us himself ; and took as much pains to form our morals as to improve our understanding . We were told , that ...
... learning , for learning , he used to observe , was better than silver or gold . For this purpose , he undertook to instruct us himself ; and took as much pains to form our morals as to improve our understanding . We were told , that ...
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... learning . ' Fontenelle and Diderot are mentioned as having been present . François Marie Arouet , who took the name of Voltaire at the age of 24 , was the greatest French writer of the eighteenth century ; histories , plays , poems ...
... learning . ' Fontenelle and Diderot are mentioned as having been present . François Marie Arouet , who took the name of Voltaire at the age of 24 , was the greatest French writer of the eighteenth century ; histories , plays , poems ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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