The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page xi
... hand , he might have contended , with perfect justice , that whatever the source of his ideas , he had made them his own when he got them ; and certainly in lilt and lightness , the lines To Iris are infinitely superior to those of La ...
... hand , he might have contended , with perfect justice , that whatever the source of his ideas , he had made them his own when he got them ; and certainly in lilt and lightness , the lines To Iris are infinitely superior to those of La ...
Page xv
... hand , " by which , at the same time , he might exist . Fiction he had already essayed . Nearly two years before The Traveller appeared , he had written a story about the length of Joseph Andrews , for which he had received little more ...
... hand , " by which , at the same time , he might exist . Fiction he had already essayed . Nearly two years before The Traveller appeared , he had written a story about the length of Joseph Andrews , for which he had received little more ...
Page xviii
... hand , " Croaker , " an admitted elaboration of Johnson's sketch of " Suspirius " in the Rambler , is a first - rate comic character , and the charlatan " Lofty , ” a sort of " Beau Tibbs above - Stairs , " is almost as good . But , as ...
... hand , " Croaker , " an admitted elaboration of Johnson's sketch of " Suspirius " in the Rambler , is a first - rate comic character , and the charlatan " Lofty , ” a sort of " Beau Tibbs above - Stairs , " is almost as good . But , as ...
Page xix
... hands he placed his manuscript , proved even more dis- heartening and unmanageable than Garrick had been in the past . Before he had come to his decision , the close of 1772 had arrived . Early in the following year , under the ...
... hands he placed his manuscript , proved even more dis- heartening and unmanageable than Garrick had been in the past . Before he had come to his decision , the close of 1772 had arrived . Early in the following year , under the ...
Page 12
... hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land : From courts , to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming bless'd , they ...
... hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land : From courts , to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming bless'd , they ...
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