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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... published ? ' cried I. Sir , the book was published in order to be sold ; and no book sold better , except the criticisms upon it , which came out soon after of all kinds of writings that goes off best at present ; and I generally ...
... published ? ' cried I. Sir , the book was published in order to be sold ; and no book sold better , except the criticisms upon it , which came out soon after of all kinds of writings that goes off best at present ; and I generally ...
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... published . His description of Goldsmith is from a foot - note in Boswell's Life of Johnson , sub anno 1763 , where Garrick's epigram is also given . 10. Chamier : Antony Chamier , an Under - Secretary of State , was an original member ...
... published . His description of Goldsmith is from a foot - note in Boswell's Life of Johnson , sub anno 1763 , where Garrick's epigram is also given . 10. Chamier : Antony Chamier , an Under - Secretary of State , was an original member ...
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... published in England . Prior issued pamphlets in which he accused both the later writers of making unfair use of his own labours . Washington Irving is best known by his Sketch Book , Life of Mahomet , and Knickerbocker's History of New ...
... published in England . Prior issued pamphlets in which he accused both the later writers of making unfair use of his own labours . Washington Irving is best known by his Sketch Book , Life of Mahomet , and Knickerbocker's History of New ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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