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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... youth the advantages of a scholastic education . He was put to school at Edgeworth's Town , and , in June 1744 , was sent to Dublin College as a sizar ; a situation which subjected him to much discouragement and ill - usage , especially ...
... youth the advantages of a scholastic education . He was put to school at Edgeworth's Town , and , in June 1744 , was sent to Dublin College as a sizar ; a situation which subjected him to much discouragement and ill - usage , especially ...
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... youth and in age . We return to it again and again , and bless the memory 10 of an author who contrives so well to reconcile us to human nature . Whether we choose the pathetic and distressing incidents of the fire , and the scenes at ...
... youth and in age . We return to it again and again , and bless the memory 10 of an author who contrives so well to reconcile us to human nature . Whether we choose the pathetic and distressing incidents of the fire , and the scenes at ...
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... youth , wayward , but full of tenderness and affection , quits the country village where his 10 10 1 ' He was a friend to virtue , and in his most playful pages never 20 forgets what is due to it . A gentleness , delicacy , and purity ...
... youth , wayward , but full of tenderness and affection , quits the country village where his 10 10 1 ' He was a friend to virtue , and in his most playful pages never 20 forgets what is due to it . A gentleness , delicacy , and purity ...
Contents
EDITORS INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MACAULAYS LIFE OF GOLDSMITH | 20 |
THACKERAYS GOLDSMITH | 38 |
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