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Reynolds , who knew him best , saw that his uneasiness about being admitted into the polite world led him to cast about “ furiously " for patterns of behavior : " For one week he took one ( person ) for a model and for another week ...
Reynolds , who knew him best , saw that his uneasiness about being admitted into the polite world led him to cast about “ furiously " for patterns of behavior : " For one week he took one ( person ) for a model and for another week ...
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Reynolds , who tried hard and sympathetically to resolve the anomalies that everyone could see in Goldsmith , confessed that his envy was his most unlikeable trait , the unacceptable face of his insecurity : “ Goldsmith ... considered ...
Reynolds , who tried hard and sympathetically to resolve the anomalies that everyone could see in Goldsmith , confessed that his envy was his most unlikeable trait , the unacceptable face of his insecurity : “ Goldsmith ... considered ...
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41. Letters , 3 , 8 , 40–41 . 42. Boswell , Life of Johnson , 292 ; John Wooll , Biographical Memoirs of Joseph Warton ( London , 1806 ) , 312-13 ; Reynolds , Portraits , 43 . 43. Works 3 : 354-55 ; Reynolds , Portraits , 46–48 . 44.
41. Letters , 3 , 8 , 40–41 . 42. Boswell , Life of Johnson , 292 ; John Wooll , Biographical Memoirs of Joseph Warton ( London , 1806 ) , 312-13 ; Reynolds , Portraits , 43 . 43. Works 3 : 354-55 ; Reynolds , Portraits , 46–48 . 44.
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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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