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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... talk , they would talk like whales . ' To support the expense of his new dignities , Goldsmith laboured incessantly at the literary oar . The Letters on the History of England , commonly ascribed to Lord Lyttelton , and containing an ...
... talk , they would talk like whales . ' To support the expense of his new dignities , Goldsmith laboured incessantly at the literary oar . The Letters on the History of England , commonly ascribed to Lord Lyttelton , and containing an ...
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... talking of Johnson as entitled to the honour of unquestionable superiority . " Sir , " said he , " you are for making a 30 monarchy of what should be a republic . " ' He was still more mortified , when , talking in a company with fluent ...
... talking of Johnson as entitled to the honour of unquestionable superiority . " Sir , " said he , " you are for making a 30 monarchy of what should be a republic . " ' He was still more mortified , when , talking in a company with fluent ...
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... talk'd with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The whitewash'd wall , the nicely - sanded floor , The varnish'd clock that ...
... talk'd with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The whitewash'd wall , the nicely - sanded floor , The varnish'd clock that ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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