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Page xxi
... nights , and by the sale of the copy- right , no less than £ 500 , five times as much as he had made by the Traveller and the Vicar of Wakefield together . The plot of the Good- natured Man is , like almost all Goldsmith's plots , very ...
... nights , and by the sale of the copy- right , no less than £ 500 , five times as much as he had made by the Traveller and the Vicar of Wakefield together . The plot of the Good- natured Man is , like almost all Goldsmith's plots , very ...
Page xxii
... night . In 1770 appeared the Deserted Village . In mere diction and versification , this celebrated poem is fully equal , perhaps superior to the Trav- eller ; and it is generally preferred to the Trav- eller by that large class of ...
... night . In 1770 appeared the Deserted Village . In mere diction and versification , this celebrated poem is fully equal , perhaps superior to the Trav- eller ; and it is generally preferred to the Trav- eller by that large class of ...
Page xxiv
... night . While Goldsmith was writing the Deserted Village and She Stoops to Conquer , he was em- ployed on works of a very different kind , works from which he derived little reputation , but much profit . He compiled for the use of ...
... night . While Goldsmith was writing the Deserted Village and She Stoops to Conquer , he was em- ployed on works of a very different kind , works from which he derived little reputation , but much profit . He compiled for the use of ...
Page xl
... Night . ' Sir Joshua , who disliked this name for a play , offered a much better to him , saying , You ought to call it the Belle's Stratagem ; and if you do not , I will damn it . ' However , Goldsmith chose to name it himself , as ...
... Night . ' Sir Joshua , who disliked this name for a play , offered a much better to him , saying , You ought to call it the Belle's Stratagem ; and if you do not , I will damn it . ' However , Goldsmith chose to name it himself , as ...
Page l
... night , Not to the Plays ( they say ) , it been't polite ; To Sadler's Wells , perhaps , or Operas go ; And once , perchance , to th ' Roratorio . Then Bet herself shall sit at top o ' th ' table ; She manages the house , and I the ...
... night , Not to the Plays ( they say ) , it been't polite ; To Sadler's Wells , perhaps , or Operas go ; And once , perchance , to th ' Roratorio . Then Bet herself shall sit at top o ' th ' table ; She manages the house , and I the ...
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