The Poetical Works ...Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 355 pages |
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... poem " The Traveller , " which he addressed to his beloved brother Henry . While at Geneva he made an engagement to act as travelling tutor to a rich but penurious young gentleman who wished to see the world . But the avarice of the ...
... poem " The Traveller , " which he addressed to his beloved brother Henry . While at Geneva he made an engagement to act as travelling tutor to a rich but penurious young gentleman who wished to see the world . But the avarice of the ...
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... poem to which it would not be easy to find anything equal since the death of Pope . " The work was published in December , 1764. Instantly it ceased to be true that Goldsmith was not famous . The price paid for the copyright is ...
... poem to which it would not be easy to find anything equal since the death of Pope . " The work was published in December , 1764. Instantly it ceased to be true that Goldsmith was not famous . The price paid for the copyright is ...
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... poem was now designed , the composition of which must have been a delightful relief from the toils which had still to be prosecuted . Early in 1769 , just before the appearance of his agreeable but superficial Roman History , he entered ...
... poem was now designed , the composition of which must have been a delightful relief from the toils which had still to be prosecuted . Early in 1769 , just before the appearance of his agreeable but superficial Roman History , he entered ...
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... Poem , " was published on the 26th of May , 1770 : a second , a third , and a fourth edition appeared in June , and a fifth in August . The leaning then prevalent towards the didactic in poetry , made Johnson and other critics of the ...
... Poem , " was published on the 26th of May , 1770 : a second , a third , and a fourth edition appeared in June , and a fifth in August . The leaning then prevalent towards the didactic in poetry , made Johnson and other critics of the ...
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... poem , " The Haunch of Venison ; " and then also the " History of England " was published . Before the end of the year he had nearly finished his second comedy , working at it , as recently on the descriptive poem , chiefly in the ...
... poem , " The Haunch of Venison ; " and then also the " History of England " was published . Before the end of the year he had nearly finished his second comedy , working at it , as recently on the descriptive poem , chiefly in the ...
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