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Sometimes , to give a variety to our amusements , the girls sung to the guitar , and while they thus formed a little concert , my wife and I would stroll down the sloping field , that was embellished with bluebells and centaury , talk ...
Sometimes , to give a variety to our amusements , the girls sung to the guitar , and while they thus formed a little concert , my wife and I would stroll down the sloping field , that was embellished with bluebells and centaury , talk ...
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30. The History of the Robinhood Society ( London , 1764 ) , 193 . 31. Letters , 44 . 32. John Evans , “ Goldsmith and William : Two Original Anecdotes , ” European Magazine 53 ( 1808 ) : 373 . 33. Cooke , “ Table Talk , ” 91-92 .
30. The History of the Robinhood Society ( London , 1764 ) , 193 . 31. Letters , 44 . 32. John Evans , “ Goldsmith and William : Two Original Anecdotes , ” European Magazine 53 ( 1808 ) : 373 . 33. Cooke , “ Table Talk , ” 91-92 .
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Cooke , “ Table Talk , " 171 . 3. Boswell , Life of Johnson , 918 , 511. Reynolds similarly comments that “ Goldsmith's mind was entirely unfurnished ” ; see Portraits , 50 . 4. Samuel Johnson , Lives of the English Poets , 3 vols .
Cooke , “ Table Talk , " 171 . 3. Boswell , Life of Johnson , 918 , 511. Reynolds similarly comments that “ Goldsmith's mind was entirely unfurnished ” ; see Portraits , 50 . 4. Samuel Johnson , Lives of the English Poets , 3 vols .
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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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