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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... night before from a beau at a gaming - table , who has pillaged his knowledge from a great man's porter , who has had his information from the great 20 man's gentleman , who has invented the whole story for his own amusement the night ...
... night before from a beau at a gaming - table , who has pillaged his knowledge from a great man's porter , who has had his information from the great 20 man's gentleman , who has invented the whole story for his own amusement the night ...
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... night of the Gardens , and that consequently we should be pestered with the nobility and gentry from Thames - street and Crooked - lane , with several other pathetic 10 ejaculations , probably inspired by the uneasiness of his situation ...
... night of the Gardens , and that consequently we should be pestered with the nobility and gentry from Thames - street and Crooked - lane , with several other pathetic 10 ejaculations , probably inspired by the uneasiness of his situation ...
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... Night ' : the sub - title of She Stoops to Conquer - which was based on this incident - was The Mistakes of a Night . PAGE 45. 24. buckeen : a young Irishman of the inferior gentry . 25. one patron : he held a tutorship with one Mr ...
... Night ' : the sub - title of She Stoops to Conquer - which was based on this incident - was The Mistakes of a Night . PAGE 45. 24. buckeen : a young Irishman of the inferior gentry . 25. one patron : he held a tutorship with one Mr ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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