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Coincidentally , the beginning of Goldsmith's first masterpiece was only another two months away : the series of “ Chinese Letters , ” better known as The Citizen of the World . Here , adopting the guise of a Chinese philosopher ...
Coincidentally , the beginning of Goldsmith's first masterpiece was only another two months away : the series of “ Chinese Letters , ” better known as The Citizen of the World . Here , adopting the guise of a Chinese philosopher ...
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Chapter Three The Observant Exile The Citizen of the World On Thursday , 24 January 1760 , among the news columns of the Public Ledger , a recently inaugurated London daily , its readers encountered two letters .
Chapter Three The Observant Exile The Citizen of the World On Thursday , 24 January 1760 , among the news columns of the Public Ledger , a recently inaugurated London daily , its readers encountered two letters .
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In The Citizen of the World his tale ends more dramatically , with a touch of hostility that keeps the humanity of the speaker before us : “ Blessed be God , I enjoy good health , and have no enemy in this world that I know of , but the ...
In The Citizen of the World his tale ends more dramatically , with a touch of hostility that keeps the humanity of the speaker before us : “ Blessed be God , I enjoy good health , and have no enemy in this world that I know of , but the ...
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| Title | Oliver Goldsmith Revisited Issue 487 of Twayne's English authors series |
| Authors | Former Chair of English Peter Dixon, Peter Dixon |
| Contributor | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Twayne Publishers, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0805770089, 9780805770087 |
| Length | 157 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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