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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... praise , instead of doing injuries slyly and in the dark , he told everybody that he was envious . ' Do not , pray ... praises of the man whom they envied , and then have sent to the newspapers 30 anonymous libels upon him . Both what ...
... praise , instead of doing injuries slyly and in the dark , he told everybody that he was envious . ' Do not , pray ... praises of the man whom they envied , and then have sent to the newspapers 30 anonymous libels upon him . Both what ...
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... praise my wondrous power , And dance , forgetful of the noon - tide hour . Alike all ages . Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze , And the gay grandsire , skill'd in gestic lore , Has frisk'd beneath ...
... praise my wondrous power , And dance , forgetful of the noon - tide hour . Alike all ages . Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze , And the gay grandsire , skill'd in gestic lore , Has frisk'd beneath ...
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... praise : i . e . to covet praise eagerly . Avarice ( covetousness ) is not the same as niggardliness , though the two are often found together . 279. still continually , a common seventeenth - century meaning . 286. rampire : an old ...
... praise : i . e . to covet praise eagerly . Avarice ( covetousness ) is not the same as niggardliness , though the two are often found together . 279. still continually , a common seventeenth - century meaning . 286. rampire : an old ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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