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Page xix
... Gold- smith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him ; according to another , he insisted on her joining him in a bowl of punch . Both stories are probably true . The novel which was thus ushered into the world , was ...
... Gold- smith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him ; according to another , he insisted on her joining him in a bowl of punch . Both stories are probably true . The novel which was thus ushered into the world , was ...
Page xx
... Gold- smith's other writings . In general , his designs were bad , and his execution good . In the Trav- eller , the execution , though deserving of much praise , is far inferior to the design . No philo- sophical poem , ancient or ...
... Gold- smith's other writings . In general , his designs were bad , and his execution good . In the Trav- eller , the execution , though deserving of much praise , is far inferior to the design . No philo- sophical poem , ancient or ...
Page xxxii
... Gold- smith's death , had burst into a flood of tears . Reynolds had been so much moved by the news , that he had flung aside his brush and palette for the day . A short time after Goldsmith's death , a little poem appeared , which will ...
... Gold- smith's death , had burst into a flood of tears . Reynolds had been so much moved by the news , that he had flung aside his brush and palette for the day . A short time after Goldsmith's death , a little poem appeared , which will ...
Page xxxviii
... Gold- sinith , and he promised I should do so on the first opportunity . Soon afterwards Goldsmith came to dine with him , and imme- diately on my entering the room , Sir Joshua , with a designed abruptness , said to me , ' This is Dr ...
... Gold- sinith , and he promised I should do so on the first opportunity . Soon afterwards Goldsmith came to dine with him , and imme- diately on my entering the room , Sir Joshua , with a designed abruptness , said to me , ' This is Dr ...
Page lvii
... Gold- smith merely was made known to Ludlam by me , and his low humour was not ill adapted to Ludlam's own style of conversa- tion ; however , I will add Mr. Ludlam's own remark : ' I have caught many a cold by examining the dock ...
... Gold- smith merely was made known to Ludlam by me , and his low humour was not ill adapted to Ludlam's own style of conversa- tion ; however , I will add Mr. Ludlam's own remark : ' I have caught many a cold by examining the dock ...
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