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Page xv
... talks about his own travels . Goldsmith , indeed , was so regardless of truth as to assert in print that he was present at a most interesting conversation between Voltaire and Fontenelle , and that this conversation took place at Paris ...
... talks about his own travels . Goldsmith , indeed , was so regardless of truth as to assert in print that he was present at a most interesting conversation between Voltaire and Fontenelle , and that this conversation took place at Paris ...
Page xvi
... talk . It is probable that he was incompetent to perform the duties of the place . Then he presented himself at Sur- geon's Hall for examination , as mate to a naval hospital . Even to so humble a post he was found unequal . By this ...
... talk . It is probable that he was incompetent to perform the duties of the place . Then he presented himself at Sur- geon's Hall for examination , as mate to a naval hospital . Even to so humble a post he was found unequal . By this ...
Page xxix
... talk of Johnson in such terms , " he said to Boswell , " you harrow up my very soul . " George Steevens and Cumberland were men far too cunning to say such a thing . They would have echoed the praises of the man whom they envied , and ...
... talk of Johnson in such terms , " he said to Boswell , " you harrow up my very soul . " George Steevens and Cumberland were men far too cunning to say such a thing . They would have echoed the praises of the man whom they envied , and ...
Page xxxii
... talk brought upon him . He was , not long before his last illness , provoked into retaliating . He wisely betook him- self to his pen ; and at that weapon he proved himself a match for all his assailants together . Within a small ...
... talk brought upon him . He was , not long before his last illness , provoked into retaliating . He wisely betook him- self to his pen ; and at that weapon he proved himself a match for all his assailants together . Within a small ...
Page xlvi
... talk'd like poor poll . ' Sir Joshua Reynolds mentioned to Boswell that he frequently had heard Goldsmith talk warmly of the pleasure of being liked , and observe how hard it would be if literary excellence should preclude a man from ...
... talk'd like poor poll . ' Sir Joshua Reynolds mentioned to Boswell that he frequently had heard Goldsmith talk warmly of the pleasure of being liked , and observe how hard it would be if literary excellence should preclude a man from ...
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