Johnson & Goldsmith & Their PoetryAMS Press, 1971 - 175 pages |
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Page 81
... fame , and something more substantial than fame , in other fields - in prose fiction with his one novel The Vicar of Wakefield ( 1766 ) , and on the stage with the first of his comedies , The Good - Natured Man ( 1768 ) . As we are here ...
... fame , and something more substantial than fame , in other fields - in prose fiction with his one novel The Vicar of Wakefield ( 1766 ) , and on the stage with the first of his comedies , The Good - Natured Man ( 1768 ) . As we are here ...
Page 101
... fame and fortune , has retired early to happiness and obscurity , with an income of forty pounds a year . I now perceive , my dear brother , the wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is ...
... fame and fortune , has retired early to happiness and obscurity , with an income of forty pounds a year . I now perceive , my dear brother , the wisdom of your humble choice . You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is ...
Page 160
... fame to his skill Shall still be his flatterers , go where he will ; Old Shakespeare receive him with praise and with love , And Beaumonts and Bens be his Kellys above . Here Hickey reclines , a most blunt , pleasant creature , And ...
... fame to his skill Shall still be his flatterers , go where he will ; Old Shakespeare receive him with praise and with love , And Beaumonts and Bens be his Kellys above . Here Hickey reclines , a most blunt , pleasant creature , And ...
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