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... the end of the year , he began his homeward trek , supporting himself in Holberg's manner by begging a night's accommodation in exchange for a tune on the flute , or a song ; Goldsmith had a good ear , and sang with much feeling .
... the end of the year , he began his homeward trek , supporting himself in Holberg's manner by begging a night's accommodation in exchange for a tune on the flute , or a song ; Goldsmith had a good ear , and sang with much feeling .
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“ Candor ” here means both impartiality of judgment and warm or kindly feeling . It is for Home's good that he be told a sour truth . In his preface to William Guthrie's General History of the World ( 1764 ) , Goldsmith claims that one ...
“ Candor ” here means both impartiality of judgment and warm or kindly feeling . It is for Home's good that he be told a sour truth . In his preface to William Guthrie's General History of the World ( 1764 ) , Goldsmith claims that one ...
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That compression , and the terse sentences , make us feel that we are catching our breath between each new , calculated assault on our feelings — assaults led by the deliberately religious language : " lifted up his eyes , " “ good ...
That compression , and the terse sentences , make us feel that we are catching our breath between each new , calculated assault on our feelings — assaults led by the deliberately religious language : " lifted up his eyes , " “ good ...
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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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