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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... whole journey . As I was indulging these reflections , in order to eke out the present page , I could not avoid pursuing the metaphor , of going a journey , in my imagination , and formed the 10 following Reverie , too wild for allegory ...
... whole journey . As I was indulging these reflections , in order to eke out the present page , I could not avoid pursuing the metaphor , of going a journey , in my imagination , and formed the 10 following Reverie , too wild for allegory ...
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... whole play ; nothing pleases the people more than the seeing a straw balanced : there is a great deal of meaning in the straw ; there is something suited to every apprehension in the sight ; and a fellow possessed of talents like these ...
... whole play ; nothing pleases the people more than the seeing a straw balanced : there is a great deal of meaning in the straw ; there is something suited to every apprehension in the sight ; and a fellow possessed of talents like these ...
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... whole nation is at present actually groaning under the malignity of its influence . The people sally from their houses with that circumspection which is prudent in such as expect a mad dog at every turning . The physician publishes his ...
... whole nation is at present actually groaning under the malignity of its influence . The people sally from their houses with that circumspection which is prudent in such as expect a mad dog at every turning . The physician publishes his ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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