The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Band 4 |
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It is true , his productions teem with imagina- tion , and show great learning , but they want that ease and sweetness for which his poetry is so much admired ; and the language is also shamefully incorrect . Yet , though all this must ...
It is true , his productions teem with imagina- tion , and show great learning , but they want that ease and sweetness for which his poetry is so much admired ; and the language is also shamefully incorrect . Yet , though all this must ...
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That part of it where he deplores his being far from wit and learning , as being far from Pope , gave particular of- fence to his friends at home . Mr Coote , a gentleman in his neighbourhood , who thought that he himself had wit ...
That part of it where he deplores his being far from wit and learning , as being far from Pope , gave particular of- fence to his friends at home . Mr Coote , a gentleman in his neighbourhood , who thought that he himself had wit ...
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This new system of thinking , which he had always propa- gated in conversation , and which he now began to adopt in his more laboured compositions , seemed no way sup- ported either by his acuteness or his learning .
This new system of thinking , which he had always propa- gated in conversation , and which he now began to adopt in his more laboured compositions , seemed no way sup- ported either by his acuteness or his learning .
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During the course of this paper , therefore , all the wit and learning I have are heartily at his service ; which if , after so candid a confession , he should , notwithstanding , still find intolerably dull , low , or sad stuff ...
During the course of this paper , therefore , all the wit and learning I have are heartily at his service ; which if , after so candid a confession , he should , notwithstanding , still find intolerably dull , low , or sad stuff ...
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ATHENS , even long after the decline of the Roman empire , still continued the seat of learning , politeness , and wis- dom . The emperors and generals , who , in these periods of approaching ignorance , still felt a passion for science ...
ATHENS , even long after the decline of the Roman empire , still continued the seat of learning , politeness , and wis- dom . The emperors and generals , who , in these periods of approaching ignorance , still felt a passion for science ...
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