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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... told me that he had a novel ready for the press , which he produced to me . I looked into it , and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return , and , having gone to a bookseller , sold it for sixty pounds . I brought ...
... told me that he had a novel ready for the press , which he produced to me . I looked into it , and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return , and , having gone to a bookseller , sold it for sixty pounds . I brought ...
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... told wonderful sly stories of Ranelagh and the Pantheon , and the masquerades at Madame Cornelys ' ; and he would have toasted , with a sigh , the Jessamy Bride - the lovely Mary Horneck . The figure of that charming young lady forms ...
... told wonderful sly stories of Ranelagh and the Pantheon , and the masquerades at Madame Cornelys ' ; and he would have toasted , with a sigh , the Jessamy Bride - the lovely Mary Horneck . The figure of that charming young lady forms ...
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... told that a particular friend was at the point of death , and desired to take his last farewell : I was deaf , insensible , rock , adamant ; the bailiffs could make no impression on my hard heart , for I effectually kept my liberty by ...
... told that a particular friend was at the point of death , and desired to take his last farewell : I was deaf , insensible , rock , adamant ; the bailiffs could make no impression on my hard heart , for I effectually kept my liberty by ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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