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Page ix
... took orders , and settled at a place called Pallas , in the county of Longford . There he with diffi- culty supported his wife and children on what he could earn , partly as a curate , and partly as a farmer . At Pallas , Oliver ...
... took orders , and settled at a place called Pallas , in the county of Longford . There he with diffi- culty supported his wife and children on what he could earn , partly as a curate , and partly as a farmer . At Pallas , Oliver ...
Page xv
... took place at Paris . Now , it is certain that Voltaire never was within a hundred leagues of Paris during the whole time which Goldsmith passed on the continent . In 1756 , the wanderer landed at Dover , with- out a shilling , without ...
... took place at Paris . Now , it is certain that Voltaire never was within a hundred leagues of Paris during the whole time which Goldsmith passed on the continent . In 1756 , the wanderer landed at Dover , with- out a shilling , without ...
Page xvi
... took a garret in a miserable court , to which he had to climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder of flagstones called Breakneck Steps . The court and the ascent have long disappeared ; but old Londoners well re- member both ...
... took a garret in a miserable court , to which he had to climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder of flagstones called Breakneck Steps . The court and the ascent have long disappeared ; but old Londoners well re- member both ...
Page xix
... took it to a bookseller , sold it for £ 60 , and soon returned with the money . The rent was paid ; and the sheriff's officer withdrew . According to one story , Gold- smith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him ...
... took it to a bookseller , sold it for £ 60 , and soon returned with the money . The rent was paid ; and the sheriff's officer withdrew . According to one story , Gold- smith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him ...
Page xxvii
... took a part in conversation , an empty , noisy , blundering rattler . But on this point the evidence is over- whelming . So extraordinary was the contrast between Goldsmith's published works and the silly things which he said , that ...
... took a part in conversation , an empty , noisy , blundering rattler . But on this point the evidence is over- whelming . So extraordinary was the contrast between Goldsmith's published works and the silly things which he said , that ...
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