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“ An ugly and a poor man is society only for himself and such society the world lets me enjoy in great abundance . " So he may “ sit down and laugh at the world , and at myself — the most ridiculous object in it .
“ An ugly and a poor man is society only for himself and such society the world lets me enjoy in great abundance . " So he may “ sit down and laugh at the world , and at myself — the most ridiculous object in it .
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In the company of Swift , Pope , Arbuthnot , Jervas , and Gay , Parnell ' was particularly happy ; his mind was entirely at ease , and gave a loose to every harmless folly that came uppermost . Indeed it was a society in which , of all ...
In the company of Swift , Pope , Arbuthnot , Jervas , and Gay , Parnell ' was particularly happy ; his mind was entirely at ease , and gave a loose to every harmless folly that came uppermost . Indeed it was a society in which , of all ...
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The passionate arguments of “ The Revolution in Low Life ” also underpin the critique of British society presented in the later part of " The Traveller . " The British set too high a value on freedom , exalting it at the expense of ...
The passionate arguments of “ The Revolution in Low Life ” also underpin the critique of British society presented in the later part of " The Traveller . " The British set too high a value on freedom , exalting it at the expense of ...
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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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