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Page 79
... force of his own language : what may not be expected from his comments on the beauties of another ? But , in order to shew in what manner he has executed these intentions , it is proper he should first march in review as a poet . We ...
... force of his own language : what may not be expected from his comments on the beauties of another ? But , in order to shew in what manner he has executed these intentions , it is proper he should first march in review as a poet . We ...
Page 107
... force of the well - timed flattery the whole day after . Compliments which we think are deserved , we only accept , as debts , with indifference ; but those which conscience informs us we do not merit , we receive with the same ...
... force of the well - timed flattery the whole day after . Compliments which we think are deserved , we only accept , as debts , with indifference ; but those which conscience informs us we do not merit , we receive with the same ...
Page 168
... force it has in the poem , is to refuse to see the troubled , radical wit that takes Goldsmith well beyond an amateur indictment of luxury as the root of the village's - and England's - evils , and which leads him to a formidably ...
... force it has in the poem , is to refuse to see the troubled , radical wit that takes Goldsmith well beyond an amateur indictment of luxury as the root of the village's - and England's - evils , and which leads him to a formidably ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
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