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Chapter Four Biographies > » 1 Like Johnson , Goldsmith wrote biography throughout his career . His earliest brief lives are found in the Bee , which contains Charles XII of Sweden , Maupertuis , and Father Freijo , while among his last ...
Chapter Four Biographies > » 1 Like Johnson , Goldsmith wrote biography throughout his career . His earliest brief lives are found in the Bee , which contains Charles XII of Sweden , Maupertuis , and Father Freijo , while among his last ...
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In the preface to A Compendium of Biography , an unfinished project of the early and busy 1760s , Goldsmith begins by demonstrating the advantages of biography over other forms of advice and instruction . Parents and preceptors may be ...
In the preface to A Compendium of Biography , an unfinished project of the early and busy 1760s , Goldsmith begins by demonstrating the advantages of biography over other forms of advice and instruction . Parents and preceptors may be ...
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But in a sense all his biographical subjects are very extraordinary men , none more so than Richard ( “ Beau ” ) Nash ... Whereas in the preface to the Compendium of Biography the Rambler had openly served his turn , he now silently ...
But in a sense all his biographical subjects are very extraordinary men , none more so than Richard ( “ Beau ” ) Nash ... Whereas in the preface to the Compendium of Biography the Rambler had openly served his turn , he now silently ...
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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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