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But we are fond of talking of those who have given us pleasure , not that we have
any thing important to say , but because the subject is pleasing . THOMAS
PARNELL , D . D . was descended from an ancient family , that had for some
centuries ...
But we are fond of talking of those who have given us pleasure , not that we have
any thing important to say , but because the subject is pleasing . THOMAS
PARNELL , D . D . was descended from an ancient family , that had for some
centuries ...
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Surprising things are told us of the greatness of his memory at that early period ;
as of his being able to repeat by heart forty lines of any book at the first reading ;
of his getting the third book of the Iliad in one night ' s time , which was given in ...
Surprising things are told us of the greatness of his memory at that early period ;
as of his being able to repeat by heart forty lines of any book at the first reading ;
of his getting the third book of the Iliad in one night ' s time , which was given in ...
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We have lately had some distant hopes of the Dean ' s design to revisit England ;
will not you accompany him ? or is England to lose every thing that has any
charms for us , and must we pray for banishment as a benediction ? - I have once
...
We have lately had some distant hopes of the Dean ' s design to revisit England ;
will not you accompany him ? or is England to lose every thing that has any
charms for us , and must we pray for banishment as a benediction ? - I have once
...
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... got for his writings . Several of their letters , now before me , are proofs of this ;
and as they have never appeared before , it is probable the reader will be much
better pleased with their idle effusions , than with any thing I can hammer out for ...
... got for his writings . Several of their letters , now before me , are proofs of this ;
and as they have never appeared before , it is probable the reader will be much
better pleased with their idle effusions , than with any thing I can hammer out for ...
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I very much fear both for your health and your quiet ; and no man living can be
more truly concerned in any thing that touches either than myself . I would comfort
myself , however , with hoping , that your business may not be unsuccessful , for ...
I very much fear both for your health and your quiet ; and no man living can be
more truly concerned in any thing that touches either than myself . I would comfort
myself , however , with hoping , that your business may not be unsuccessful , for ...
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| Titel | The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Band 4 Coll. of Engl. lit Collection of English literature The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Oliver Goldsmith |
| Autor/in | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Herausgeber | Washington Irving |
| Verlag | A. and W. Galignani and Jules Didot, 1825 |
| Original von | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 21. Sept. 2010 |
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