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He finds that in proportion as he grows poor , the world turns its back upon him , and gives him leave to act the philosopher in all the majesty of solitude . It might be agreeable enough to play the philosopher while we are conscious ...
He finds that in proportion as he grows poor , the world turns its back upon him , and gives him leave to act the philosopher in all the majesty of solitude . It might be agreeable enough to play the philosopher while we are conscious ...
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As poor relation she is straightforward , sincere , a little on her dignity , and naively repetitive ( “ I'm sure ” occurs five times in three speeches ) . Her vivacity and enterprise , the delight she takes in her impersonations ...
As poor relation she is straightforward , sincere , a little on her dignity , and naively repetitive ( “ I'm sure ” occurs five times in three speeches ) . Her vivacity and enterprise , the delight she takes in her impersonations ...
Page 136
In his account of the partridge he deprecates the game laws , which are designed to ensure that the poor shall abstain from what the rich have taken a fancy to keep for themselves . ” And he opens his chapter on the cow with a reminder ...
In his account of the partridge he deprecates the game laws , which are designed to ensure that the poor shall abstain from what the rich have taken a fancy to keep for themselves . ” And he opens his chapter on the cow with a reminder ...
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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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