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excurwho , without ties of relationship , have disinterestedly helped him in his project ; the biographer and his subject , a poet who has given him pleasure , a а pleasure that we are invited to share . Goldsmith , Parnell , and the ...
excurwho , without ties of relationship , have disinterestedly helped him in his project ; the biographer and his subject , a poet who has given him pleasure , a а pleasure that we are invited to share . Goldsmith , Parnell , and the ...
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The poem's title , however , became “ The Traveller ” ; the grand survey of nations is preceded by the direct expression of personal concerns , the poet's own anguished search for happiness . As in “ The Deserted Village , ' a thesis is ...
The poem's title , however , became “ The Traveller ” ; the grand survey of nations is preceded by the direct expression of personal concerns , the poet's own anguished search for happiness . As in “ The Deserted Village , ' a thesis is ...
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Others besides the poet are drawn in to , or back to the village . The vagrant beggar , the cashiered soldier , the ruined spendthrift ( the prodigal son returned ) are all welcome in the clergyman's house . The poet's memory is ...
Others besides the poet are drawn in to , or back to the village . The vagrant beggar , the cashiered soldier , the ruined spendthrift ( the prodigal son returned ) are all welcome in the clergyman's house . The poet's memory is ...
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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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