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After attending many small country schools in Ireland , he entered Trinity College , Dublin , as a sizar in 1744. Impatient of discipline , he was in constant feud with the college authorities , but managed to obtain the degree of B.A. ...
After attending many small country schools in Ireland , he entered Trinity College , Dublin , as a sizar in 1744. Impatient of discipline , he was in constant feud with the college authorities , but managed to obtain the degree of B.A. ...
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You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and the labourers are but few ; while you have left the field of Ambition , where the labourers are many , and the harvest not worth carrying away .
You have entered upon a sacred office , where the harvest is great , and the labourers are but few ; while you have left the field of Ambition , where the labourers are many , and the harvest not worth carrying away .
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But this is not the place to enter into an inquiry , whether the country be depopulating , or not ; the discussion would take up much room , and I should prove myself , at best , an indifferent politician , to tire the reader with a ...
But this is not the place to enter into an inquiry , whether the country be depopulating , or not ; the discussion would take up much room , and I should prove myself , at best , an indifferent politician , to tire the reader with a ...
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While thus I debated , in reverie centred , An acquaintance , a friend as he call'd himself , enter'd ; An under - bred , fine - spoken fellow was he , And he smil'd as he look'd at the venison and me . • What have we got here ?
While thus I debated , in reverie centred , An acquaintance , a friend as he call'd himself , enter'd ; An under - bred , fine - spoken fellow was he , And he smil'd as he look'd at the venison and me . • What have we got here ?
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While thus he describ'd them by trade and by name , They enter'd , and dinner was serv'd as they came . a 80 a At the top a fried liver and bacon were seen ; At the bottom was tripe in a swingeing tureen ; At the sides there was spinach ...
While thus he describ'd them by trade and by name , They enter'd , and dinner was serv'd as they came . a 80 a At the top a fried liver and bacon were seen ; At the bottom was tripe in a swingeing tureen ; At the sides there was spinach ...
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| Title | The Poems and Plays Canterbury poets Everyman's library Methuen's standard library |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2012 |
| ISBN | 9070073439, 9789070073435 |
| Length | 183 pages |
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