The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 13
... Goldsmith , and Mr. Reynolds are very constant . M. Lye is printing his Saxon and Gothic Dictionary : all THE CLUB subscribes . " You will pay my respects to all my Lincolnshire friends . I am , dear sir , " " March 9 , 1766 ...
... Goldsmith , and Mr. Reynolds are very constant . M. Lye is printing his Saxon and Gothic Dictionary : all THE CLUB subscribes . " You will pay my respects to all my Lincolnshire friends . I am , dear sir , " " March 9 , 1766 ...
Page 22
... Goldsmith says , Leave it to me . ' However , two of her friends , under her directions , made a new subscription at a crown , the whole price of the work , and in a very little time raised sixty pounds . Mrs. Carter was applied to by ...
... Goldsmith says , Leave it to me . ' However , two of her friends , under her directions , made a new subscription at a crown , the whole price of the work , and in a very little time raised sixty pounds . Mrs. Carter was applied to by ...
Page 36
... Goldsmith remained unmoved upon a sofa at some dis- tance , affecting not to join in the least in the eager curi- osity of the company . He assigned as a reason for his gloom and seeming inattention , that he apprehended John- son had ...
... Goldsmith remained unmoved upon a sofa at some dis- tance , affecting not to join in the least in the eager curi- osity of the company . He assigned as a reason for his gloom and seeming inattention , that he apprehended John- son had ...
Page 39
... Goldsmith's comedy of The Good - natured Man . The first lines of this prologue are strongly characteristical of the dismal gloom of his mind ; which in his case , as in the case of all who are dis- tressed with the same malady of ...
... Goldsmith's comedy of The Good - natured Man . The first lines of this prologue are strongly characteristical of the dismal gloom of his mind ; which in his case , as in the case of all who are dis- tressed with the same malady of ...
Page 41
... Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it from thence . " Sir , " continued he , " there is all the difference in the world between cha- racters of nature and characters of manners ; and there is the difference between the characters of ...
... Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it from thence . " Sir , " continued he , " there is all the difference in the world between cha- racters of nature and characters of manners ; and there is the difference between the characters of ...
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