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Griffiths and his wife did what no young writer can tolerate : they rewrote his text . ... miscellaneous writer of great versatility , fully deserving Johnson's well - known praise : “ he adorned every kind of writing that he touched .
Griffiths and his wife did what no young writer can tolerate : they rewrote his text . ... miscellaneous writer of great versatility , fully deserving Johnson's well - known praise : “ he adorned every kind of writing that he touched .
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Prolixity is a particular snare for the comic writer , whose art is the most demanding of all : “ There is nothing in the whole province of writing more difficult to attain than humor . The poet , in other subjects , walks a broad road ...
Prolixity is a particular snare for the comic writer , whose art is the most demanding of all : “ There is nothing in the whole province of writing more difficult to attain than humor . The poet , in other subjects , walks a broad road ...
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a One of Goldsmith's strengths as a writer is the versatility that Johnson handsomely recognized , both in his epitaph— “ Poet , Naturalist , Historian ; who touched almost every kind of writing ...'— and in his private conversation ...
a One of Goldsmith's strengths as a writer is the versatility that Johnson handsomely recognized , both in his epitaph— “ Poet , Naturalist , Historian ; who touched almost every kind of writing ...'— and in his private conversation ...
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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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