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... Deserted Village require him to operate under no such constraint . For here a speaking voice comes into its own , deeply and subtly expressive . It is a voice which had been developed through the achievements of Goldsmith's great ...
... Deserted Village require him to operate under no such constraint . For here a speaking voice comes into its own , deeply and subtly expressive . It is a voice which had been developed through the achievements of Goldsmith's great ...
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Oliver Goldsmith John Lucas. The Deserted Village Sweet Auburn , loveliest village of the plain , Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain , Where smiling Spring its earliest visit paid , And parting Summer's lingering blooms ...
Oliver Goldsmith John Lucas. The Deserted Village Sweet Auburn , loveliest village of the plain , Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain , Where smiling Spring its earliest visit paid , And parting Summer's lingering blooms ...
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... Deserted Village is in the end unfocused , this is not so much because Goldsmith is trying to explain anything away , as because he is trying to explain too much . Auburn cannot be both Lissoy and an English village , much as Goldsmith ...
... Deserted Village is in the end unfocused , this is not so much because Goldsmith is trying to explain anything away , as because he is trying to explain too much . Auburn cannot be both Lissoy and an English village , much as Goldsmith ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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