The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an Account of His Life and Writings, Band 1A. and W. Galignani, 1825 |
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... merit . At the other examinations , the person thus distinguished may be only the second in merit ; he who has pre- viously obtained the same honorary reward , sometimes receiving a written certificate holy orders ; but this was a ...
... merit . At the other examinations , the person thus distinguished may be only the second in merit ; he who has pre- viously obtained the same honorary reward , sometimes receiving a written certificate holy orders ; but this was a ...
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... merit , who have lived on more precarious terms ? Scarron used jestingly to call himself the Marquis of Quenault , which was the name of the bookseller that employed him : and why may not I assert my privilege and quality on the same ...
... merit , who have lived on more precarious terms ? Scarron used jestingly to call himself the Marquis of Quenault , which was the name of the bookseller that employed him : and why may not I assert my privilege and quality on the same ...
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... merit in a state of poverty would only serve to make the possessor ridiculous ; may distress , but cannot re- lieve him . Frugality , and even avarice , in the lower orders of mankind , are true ambition . These afford the only ladder ...
... merit in a state of poverty would only serve to make the possessor ridiculous ; may distress , but cannot re- lieve him . Frugality , and even avarice , in the lower orders of mankind , are true ambition . These afford the only ladder ...
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... merit ; told the landlady I should soon return ; and having gone to a bookseller sold it for sixty pounds . I brought Goldsmith the money , and he discharged his rent , not without rating his land- lady in a high tone for having used ...
... merit ; told the landlady I should soon return ; and having gone to a bookseller sold it for sixty pounds . I brought Goldsmith the money , and he discharged his rent , not without rating his land- lady in a high tone for having used ...
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... merit . Few works exhibit a nicer perception , or more delicate delineation of life and manners . Wit , humour , and sentiment , pervade every page ; the vices and follies of the day are touched with the most playful and divert- ing ...
... merit . Few works exhibit a nicer perception , or more delicate delineation of life and manners . Wit , humour , and sentiment , pervade every page ; the vices and follies of the day are touched with the most playful and divert- ing ...
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acquainted amusement appeared Ballymahon beauty bookseller Boswell Burchell called catgut character child circumstances contempt continued conversation cried my wife daugh daughter dear diocese of Elphin Dr Johnson Edmund Burke entertained fame favour Flamborough fortune friends friendship gave genius gentleman girls give going Goldsmith happy heart Heaven honour humour Jenkinson labours ladies laugh letter literary live Livy look madam Manetho manner ment merit mind morning Moses nature neighbour never night observed occasion Oliver Oliver Goldsmith Olivia once opinion passion perceived perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet polite learning poor pounds present prison R. B. Sheridan replied rest returned seemed Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir William soon Sophia Squire Stoops to Conquer sure taste thing Thornhill thought tion took Traveller turn Vicar of Wakefield virtue wretched write young