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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... mean : why , is not this part of the Play ? Smith . Yes , but the Plot stands still . Bayes . Plot stands still ! why , what a Devil is the Plot good for , but to bring in fine things ? Smith . O , I did not know that before . ' 29 ...
... mean : why , is not this part of the Play ? Smith . Yes , but the Plot stands still . Bayes . Plot stands still ! why , what a Devil is the Plot good for , but to bring in fine things ? Smith . O , I did not know that before . ' 29 ...
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... mean tardiness of locomotion ; you mean that sluggishness of mind which comes upon a man in solitude " .- Boswell's Life of Johnson , sub anno 1778 . 3. Carinthian : Carinthia is a mountainous district of Austria , lying between Tyrol ...
... mean tardiness of locomotion ; you mean that sluggishness of mind which comes upon a man in solitude " .- Boswell's Life of Johnson , sub anno 1778 . 3. Carinthian : Carinthia is a mountainous district of Austria , lying between Tyrol ...
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... means Idria , noted for its quicksilver mines ; so it is highly probable that he made the same mistake in this passage . 90. either : to speak of either ' of five things is hardly gramma- tical . 98. peculiar : specially belonging to ...
... means Idria , noted for its quicksilver mines ; so it is highly probable that he made the same mistake in this passage . 90. either : to speak of either ' of five things is hardly gramma- tical . 98. peculiar : specially belonging to ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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