The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Band 4 |
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He was born in Dublin , in the year 1679 , and received the first rudiments of his
education at the school of Doctor Jones in that city . Surprising things are told us
of the greatness of his memory at that early period ; as of his being able to repeat
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He was born in Dublin , in the year 1679 , and received the first rudiments of his
education at the school of Doctor Jones in that city . Surprising things are told us
of the greatness of his memory at that early period ; as of his being able to repeat
...
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Gay was obliged to him upon another account ; for , being always poor , he was
not above receiving from Parnell the copy - money which the latter got for his
writings . Several of their letters , now before me , are proofs of this ; and as they
have ...
Gay was obliged to him upon another account ; for , being always poor , he was
not above receiving from Parnell the copy - money which the latter got for his
writings . Several of their letters , now before me , are proofs of this ; and as they
have ...
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But though this method of quarrelling in his poems with his situation , served to
relieve himself , yet it was not easily endured by the gentlemen of the
neighbourhood , who did not care to confess themselves his fellow - sufferers .
He received ...
But though this method of quarrelling in his poems with his situation , served to
relieve himself , yet it was not easily endured by the gentlemen of the
neighbourhood , who did not care to confess themselves his fellow - sufferers .
He received ...
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received many mortifications upon that account among them ; for , being naturally
fond of company , he could not endure to be without even theirs , which , however
, among his English friends , he pretended to despise . In fact , his conduct , in ...
received many mortifications upon that account among them ; for , being naturally
fond of company , he could not endure to be without even theirs , which , however
, among his English friends , he pretended to despise . In fact , his conduct , in ...
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... who introduced their species into your nation ; therefore , as you dread the
wrath of St Patrick , send them hither , and rid the kingdom of those pernicious
and loquacious animals . ' : « I have at length received your poem out of Mr
Addison ' s ...
... who introduced their species into your nation ; therefore , as you dread the
wrath of St Patrick , send them hither , and rid the kingdom of those pernicious
and loquacious animals . ' : « I have at length received your poem out of Mr
Addison ' s ...
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