The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Dissertation on His PoetryCadell & Davies, 1805 - 148 sider |
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Side xxiii
... truth , ” replied Goldsmith , " I think so too ; it is near five shillings a couplet , which is much more than the honest man can afford , and , indeed , more than any modern poetry is worth . I have not been easy since I received xxiii.
... truth , ” replied Goldsmith , " I think so too ; it is near five shillings a couplet , which is much more than the honest man can afford , and , indeed , more than any modern poetry is worth . I have not been easy since I received xxiii.
Side xlii
... truth . " His prose has been admitted as the model of perfection , and the standard of the English language . Dr. Johnson says , ' Goldsmith was a man of such variety of powers , and such felicity of performance , that he seemed to ...
... truth . " His prose has been admitted as the model of perfection , and the standard of the English language . Dr. Johnson says , ' Goldsmith was a man of such variety of powers , and such felicity of performance , that he seemed to ...
Side xliii
... truth more than poetical fiction . The description of the parish priest ( probably intended for a character of his brother Henry ) would have done honour to any poet of any age . In this description , the simile of the bird teaching her ...
... truth more than poetical fiction . The description of the parish priest ( probably intended for a character of his brother Henry ) would have done honour to any poet of any age . In this description , the simile of the bird teaching her ...
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MEMOIRS of Oliver Goldsmith M B | i |
On the Poetry of Dr Goldsmith | xlvii |
The Tears of Genius By Mr Pratt | lxviii |
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