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Peter Dixon. Chapter Two Learning the Trade Exercising Judgment It was of great benefit to Goldsmith that he began his literary career as a reviewer . His monthly stint for Ralph Griffiths included moral , historical ... Learning the Trade.
Peter Dixon. Chapter Two Learning the Trade Exercising Judgment It was of great benefit to Goldsmith that he began his literary career as a reviewer . His monthly stint for Ralph Griffiths included moral , historical ... Learning the Trade.
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... learning im- proved , but swarmed on its decline . . . . Metrodorus , Valerius Probus , Aulus Gellius , Pedianus , Boethius , and an hundred others , to be acquainted with whom might show much reading , and but little judgment — these ...
... learning im- proved , but swarmed on its decline . . . . Metrodorus , Valerius Probus , Aulus Gellius , Pedianus , Boethius , and an hundred others , to be acquainted with whom might show much reading , and but little judgment — these ...
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... learning “ without divisions or envy ” ( 1 : 392 ) . In the same vein Goldsmith reprints material about witchhunts from an English periodical of 1720 . Social harmony may be promoted by combating the forces of destruction and ridiculing ...
... learning “ without divisions or envy ” ( 1 : 392 ) . In the same vein Goldsmith reprints material about witchhunts from an English periodical of 1720 . Social harmony may be promoted by combating the forces of destruction and ridiculing ...
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