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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Page 44
... story of that famous Mistake of a Night ' , when the young schoolboy , provided 10 with a guinea and a nag , rode up to the ' best house ' in Ardagh , called for the landlord's company over a bottle of wine at supper , and for a hot ...
... story of that famous Mistake of a Night ' , when the young schoolboy , provided 10 with a guinea and a nag , rode up to the ' best house ' in Ardagh , called for the landlord's company over a bottle of wine at supper , and for a hot ...
Page 122
... story of the ivy - tree , and that was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches , and the company laughed at that ; but the story of Taffy in the sedan chair was sure to set the table in a roar ...
... story of the ivy - tree , and that was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches , and the company laughed at that ; but the story of Taffy in the sedan chair was sure to set the table in a roar ...
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... story , I found my landlady had it from one neighbour , who had it from another neighbour , who heard it from very good authority . Were most stories of this nature thoroughly examined , it would be found that numbers of such as have ...
... story , I found my landlady had it from one neighbour , who had it from another neighbour , who heard it from very good authority . Were most stories of this nature thoroughly examined , it would be found that numbers of such as have ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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