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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... seen much of the world ; but he had noticed and retained little more of what he had seen than some grotesque incidents and characters which had happened to strike his fancy . But , though his mind was very scantily stored with materials ...
... seen much of the world ; but he had noticed and retained little more of what he had seen than some grotesque incidents and characters which had happened to strike his fancy . But , though his mind was very scantily stored with materials ...
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... seen in his native island such a rural paradise , such a seat of plenty , content , and tranquillity , as his Auburn . He had assuredly never seen in England all the inhabitants of such a paradise turned out of their homes in one day ...
... seen in his native island such a rural paradise , such a seat of plenty , content , and tranquillity , as his Auburn . He had assuredly never seen in England all the inhabitants of such a paradise turned out of their homes in one day ...
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... seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste ? Seen opulence , her grandeur to maintain , Lead stern ...
... seen , round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste ? Seen opulence , her grandeur to maintain , Lead stern ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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