The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... Vicar of Wakefield or a Deserted Village , certainly his practice cannot be preached with safety " to those that eddy round and round . " But viewing his entire career , it is difficult not to see how one part seems to have been an ...
... Vicar of Wakefield or a Deserted Village , certainly his practice cannot be preached with safety " to those that eddy round and round . " But viewing his entire career , it is difficult not to see how one part seems to have been an ...
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... Vicar of Wakefield for four years , and when at last it was issued , its first burst of success a success , as far as can be ascertained , productive of no further profit to its author - was followed by a long period during which the ...
... Vicar of Wakefield for four years , and when at last it was issued , its first burst of success a success , as far as can be ascertained , productive of no further profit to its author - was followed by a long period during which the ...
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... Vicar of Wakefield , again , immortal though it be , it is less his art that holds us , than his charm , his humour and his ten- derness which tempt us to forget his inconsistency and his errors of haste . In She Stoops to Conquer ...
... Vicar of Wakefield , again , immortal though it be , it is less his art that holds us , than his charm , his humour and his ten- derness which tempt us to forget his inconsistency and his errors of haste . In She Stoops to Conquer ...
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... Vicar of Wakefield has appeared in innumerable editions , has been frequently illustrated , and translated into nearly every European language . A bibliography of Goldsmith's works is appended to the Life by Austin Dobson . Life : The ...
... Vicar of Wakefield has appeared in innumerable editions , has been frequently illustrated , and translated into nearly every European language . A bibliography of Goldsmith's works is appended to the Life by Austin Dobson . Life : The ...
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... Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , ii . 160-1 ( ch . x . ) . ] Even now , where Alpine solitudes ascend , I sit 5.
... Vicar of Wakefield , 1766 , ii . 160-1 ( ch . x . ) . ] Even now , where Alpine solitudes ascend , I sit 5.
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