The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page ix
... death . If there is no evidence that he had written much when he entered upon what has been called his second period , he had not the less formed his opinions on many literary questions . Much of the matter of the Polite Learning is ...
... death . If there is no evidence that he had written much when he entered upon what has been called his second period , he had not the less formed his opinions on many literary questions . Much of the matter of the Polite Learning is ...
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... death . These he had carefully studied , probably during his continental wanderings , and from them he derives , like Prior , much of his grace and metrical buoyancy . The Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog , and Madame Blaize , are both ...
... death . These he had carefully studied , probably during his continental wanderings , and from them he derives , like Prior , much of his grace and metrical buoyancy . The Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog , and Madame Blaize , are both ...
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... Death of George II . , 4 vols . , 1771 ; Abridged Edition , 1774 ; Threnodia Augustalis , sacred to the memory of Her Royal High- ness the Princess Dowager of Wales , 1772 ; She Stoops to Conquer , or the Mistakes of a Night , 1773 ...
... Death of George II . , 4 vols . , 1771 ; Abridged Edition , 1774 ; Threnodia Augustalis , sacred to the memory of Her Royal High- ness the Princess Dowager of Wales , 1772 ; She Stoops to Conquer , or the Mistakes of a Night , 1773 ...
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... Death of the Right Hon . *** An Epigram . To G. C. and R. L. Translation of a South American Ode The Double Transformation A New Simile Edwin and Angelina Elegy on the Death of a mad Dog . Song . • Epilogue to " " The Sister " Prologue ...
... Death of the Right Hon . *** An Epigram . To G. C. and R. L. Translation of a South American Ode The Double Transformation A New Simile Edwin and Angelina Elegy on the Death of a mad Dog . Song . • Epilogue to " " The Sister " Prologue ...
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... 1770 numerous alterations were made in the text by the author . The poem is here reprinted from the ninth edition , issued in 1774 , the year of Goldsmith's death . ] DEDICATION TO THE REV . HENRY GOLDSMITH1 DEAR SIR ,
... 1770 numerous alterations were made in the text by the author . The poem is here reprinted from the ninth edition , issued in 1774 , the year of Goldsmith's death . ] DEDICATION TO THE REV . HENRY GOLDSMITH1 DEAR SIR ,
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