The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page xi
... expect to find him throwing stones at Prior for borrowing from the French , or commenting solemnly in the life of Parnell upon the heinousness of plagiarism . " It was the fashion , " he says , " with the wits of the last age , to ...
... expect to find him throwing stones at Prior for borrowing from the French , or commenting solemnly in the life of Parnell upon the heinousness of plagiarism . " It was the fashion , " he says , " with the wits of the last age , to ...
Page 22
Oliver Goldsmith. against the increase of our luxuries ; and here also 1 expect the shout of modern politicians against me . For twenty or thirty years past , it has been the fashion to consider luxury as one of the greatest national ...
Oliver Goldsmith. against the increase of our luxuries ; and here also 1 expect the shout of modern politicians against me . For twenty or thirty years past , it has been the fashion to consider luxury as one of the greatest national ...
Page 93
... expect or hope for quarter ? No high - life scenes , no sentiment : -the creature Still stoops among the low to copy nature.3 Yes , he's far gone : —and yet some pity fix , The English laws forbid to punish lunatics . [ Foote gave ...
... expect or hope for quarter ? No high - life scenes , no sentiment : -the creature Still stoops among the low to copy nature.3 Yes , he's far gone : —and yet some pity fix , The English laws forbid to punish lunatics . [ Foote gave ...
Page 149
... expect nothing less , when my precious wife was of the party . On my conscience , I believe she could spread a horse - laugh through the pews of a tabernacle . Leont . Since you find so many objections to a wife , sir , how can you be ...
... expect nothing less , when my precious wife was of the party . On my conscience , I believe she could spread a horse - laugh through the pews of a tabernacle . Leont . Since you find so many objections to a wife , sir , how can you be ...
Page 150
... expect more indulgence . Croaker . An only father , sir , might expect more obedience ; besides , has not your sister here , that never disobliged me in her life , as good a right as you ? He's a sad dog , Livy , my dear , and would ...
... expect more indulgence . Croaker . An only father , sir , might expect more obedience ; besides , has not your sister here , that never disobliged me in her life , as good a right as you ? He's a sad dog , Livy , my dear , and would ...
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