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An understanding of national character not only explains the shortcomings of the English way of patronage , but also excuses it . How can wealthy Englishmen , being English , behave otherwise ? As an expatriate observer and amateur ...
An understanding of national character not only explains the shortcomings of the English way of patronage , but also excuses it . How can wealthy Englishmen , being English , behave otherwise ? As an expatriate observer and amateur ...
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12 More positively , Goldsmith could take credit for opening up to English readers , in his unpretentious pages , important aspects of contemporary French thought . Robert Hopkins has rightly emphasized Goldsmith's role as cultural ...
12 More positively , Goldsmith could take credit for opening up to English readers , in his unpretentious pages , important aspects of contemporary French thought . Robert Hopkins has rightly emphasized Goldsmith's role as cultural ...
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Former Chair of English Peter Dixon, Peter Dixon. hung like the willow weeping over the glassy stream , was so beautiful that it seemed to reflect its own brightness " ( 2 : 145 ) . These specimens are proffered by Altangi in a spirit ...
Former Chair of English Peter Dixon, Peter Dixon. hung like the willow weeping over the glassy stream , was so beautiful that it seemed to reflect its own brightness " ( 2 : 145 ) . These specimens are proffered by Altangi in a spirit ...
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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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