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... claim , and Goldsmith , who would have regarded Johnson's praise of the driver as virtually a moral provocation , would have been accused ( as he invariably was ) of having been provoked by envy . The most absurd such accusation ...
... claim , and Goldsmith , who would have regarded Johnson's praise of the driver as virtually a moral provocation , would have been accused ( as he invariably was ) of having been provoked by envy . The most absurd such accusation ...
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... claim to originality . Goldsmith made a rapid alteration of an anonymous adaption ( in two acts ) of Sir Charles Sedley's version ( in three acts ) of a five - act French comedy . But the cutting and pasting that produced this little ...
... claim to originality . Goldsmith made a rapid alteration of an anonymous adaption ( in two acts ) of Sir Charles Sedley's version ( in three acts ) of a five - act French comedy . But the cutting and pasting that produced this little ...
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... claim to have followed the Connoisseur's difficult lead . That the ideal was still before him is sug- gested by his self - description at the beginning of “ Retaliation , " where the dinner guests are designated in terms of dishes of ...
... claim to have followed the Connoisseur's difficult lead . That the ideal was still before him is sug- gested by his self - description at the beginning of “ Retaliation , " where the dinner guests are designated in terms of dishes of ...
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