The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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Page viii
... once more ( with the philosopher Square ) at " the eternal Fitness of Things . " II The events of Goldsmith's life have been too often narrated to need repetition here , and we shall not resort to the well - worn device of repeating ...
... once more ( with the philosopher Square ) at " the eternal Fitness of Things . " II The events of Goldsmith's life have been too often narrated to need repetition here , and we shall not resort to the well - worn device of repeating ...
Page ix
... once more to his pen , it was only to enable him to escape from it more effectually , and he was prepared to go as far as Coromandel . But Literature " toute entière à sa proie attachée ” —refused to relinquish him ; and , although he ...
... once more to his pen , it was only to enable him to escape from it more effectually , and he was prepared to go as far as Coromandel . But Literature " toute entière à sa proie attachée ” —refused to relinquish him ; and , although he ...
Page xii
... comes between them - the once famous Edwin and Angelina— Goldsmith certainly carried out Boileau's maxim to the full . The first privately - printed version differs consider- ably from that in the first edition of the Vicar xii ...
... comes between them - the once famous Edwin and Angelina— Goldsmith certainly carried out Boileau's maxim to the full . The first privately - printed version differs consider- ably from that in the first edition of the Vicar xii ...
Page xiv
... once popular lyric- " Too dull for a wit , and too grave for a joker " — has a kind of echo in the- " Too nice for a statesman , too proud for a wit❞— of Burke's portrait in Retaliation . What is still more remarkable is that Gray's ...
... once popular lyric- " Too dull for a wit , and too grave for a joker " — has a kind of echo in the- " Too nice for a statesman , too proud for a wit❞— of Burke's portrait in Retaliation . What is still more remarkable is that Gray's ...
Page xv
... letters were written when the production of The Good - Natur'd Man had supplied him with abundant practical evidence of the vexations and difficulties of theatrical ambition . that he himself had once worn the comic sock as Introduction XV.
... letters were written when the production of The Good - Natur'd Man had supplied him with abundant practical evidence of the vexations and difficulties of theatrical ambition . that he himself had once worn the comic sock as Introduction XV.
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