The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... reminiscences of both those relations com- bined with some studies of the author's self . See Letter XXVI .; also vol . i . , p . 3 ; and vol . ii . , pp . 3 , 37.-ED. requisite , " replied my companion , smiling , " 48 GOLDSMITH'S WORKS .
... reminiscences of both those relations com- bined with some studies of the author's self . See Letter XXVI .; also vol . i . , p . 3 ; and vol . ii . , pp . 3 , 37.-ED. requisite , " replied my companion , smiling , " 48 GOLDSMITH'S WORKS .
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... replied the man in black , " may be of service ; but a gentleman may have a very fine monument here without ever seeing a battle or a siege . " — " This , then , is the monument of some poet , I presume - of one whose wit has gained him ...
... replied the man in black , " may be of service ; but a gentleman may have a very fine monument here without ever seeing a battle or a siege . " — " This , then , is the monument of some poet , I presume - of one whose wit has gained him ...
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... replied he , " except he happened to be born a mandarine . ÃŽf he It is thought that Goldsmith struck at Griffiths of the Monthly Review through this " mercenary bookseller . " Dr. Campbell , who assisted Percy in his 1801 edition of our ...
... replied he , " except he happened to be born a mandarine . ÃŽf he It is thought that Goldsmith struck at Griffiths of the Monthly Review through this " mercenary bookseller . " Dr. Campbell , who assisted Percy in his 1801 edition of our ...
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... replied the man in black ; " but , alas ! Sir , the book - answerers crowd about them , and call themselves the writers of books ; and the patron is too indolent to distinguish : thus poets are kept at a distance , while their enemies ...
... replied the man in black ; " but , alas ! Sir , the book - answerers crowd about them , and call themselves the writers of books ; and the patron is too indolent to distinguish : thus poets are kept at a distance , while their enemies ...
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... replied he , " for every gentleman puts some money into it , and I spend the money . " - " What - more money ! still more money ! " — " Every gentleman gives something , Sir . " - " I'll give thee no- thing , " returned I ; " the ...
... replied he , " for every gentleman puts some money into it , and I spend the money . " - " What - more money ! still more money ! " — " Every gentleman gives something , Sir . " - " I'll give thee no- thing , " returned I ; " the ...
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