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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... poor dependants besides those hungry children . He kept an open table ; round which sat flatterers and poor friends , who laughed at the honest rector's 10 many jokes and ate the produce of his seventy acres of farm . Those who have ...
... poor dependants besides those hungry children . He kept an open table ; round which sat flatterers and poor friends , who laughed at the honest rector's 10 many jokes and ate the produce of his seventy acres of farm . Those who have ...
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... poor neighbour : he could give away his blankets in college to the poor widow , and warm himself as he best might in the feathers he could pawn his coat to save his landlord from gaol when he was a school - usher , he spent his earnings ...
... poor neighbour : he could give away his blankets in college to the poor widow , and warm himself as he best might in the feathers he could pawn his coat to save his landlord from gaol when he was a school - usher , he spent his earnings ...
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... poor to afford himself a candle . But Bentivoglio , poor Bentivoglio ! chiefly demands our pity . His comedies will last with the Italian language : he 30 dissipated a noble fortune in acts of charity and benevolence ; but , falling ...
... poor to afford himself a candle . But Bentivoglio , poor Bentivoglio ! chiefly demands our pity . His comedies will last with the Italian language : he 30 dissipated a noble fortune in acts of charity and benevolence ; but , falling ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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