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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... tell how long this panegyric upon frugality and matches might have continued , had not his attention been called off by another object more distressful than either of the former . A woman in rags , with one child in her arms , and ...
... tell how long this panegyric upon frugality and matches might have continued , had not his attention been called off by another object more distressful than either of the former . A woman in rags , with one child in her arms , and ...
Page 144
... tell you where you were poaching last night . " " Poaching , my lord , " says I ; " faith you have missed already ; for I staid at home , and let the girls poach for me . " That's my way ; I take a fine woman as some animals do their ...
... tell you where you were poaching last night . " " Poaching , my lord , " says I ; " faith you have missed already ; for I staid at home , and let the girls poach for me . " That's my way ; I take a fine woman as some animals do their ...
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... tell you , that is believing a great deal . ' ( Boswell , sub anno 1778. ) 12. Even Boswell could say : ibid . , sub anno 1772 . PAGE 34. 26. he said to Boswell : this is not given in Boswell , but in Sir John Hawkins's Life of Johnson ...
... tell you , that is believing a great deal . ' ( Boswell , sub anno 1778. ) 12. Even Boswell could say : ibid . , sub anno 1772 . PAGE 34. 26. he said to Boswell : this is not given in Boswell , but in Sir John Hawkins's Life of Johnson ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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