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music ; he played tolerably well on the German flute ; which , from an amusement , became at some times the means of subsistence . His learning produced him an hofpitable reception at most of the religious houses that he visited ...
music ; he played tolerably well on the German flute ; which , from an amusement , became at some times the means of subsistence . His learning produced him an hofpitable reception at most of the religious houses that he visited ...
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... him to the acquaintance of Dr. Smollet , who recommended him to reveral literati , and to most of the booksellers by whom he was afterwards patronized . 1762 , he emerged from his mean apartments near the THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... him to the acquaintance of Dr. Smollet , who recommended him to reveral literati , and to most of the booksellers by whom he was afterwards patronized . 1762 , he emerged from his mean apartments near the THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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1762 , he emerged from his mean apartments near the Old Bailey to the politer air of the Temple , where he took handsome chambers , and lived in a genteel style . The publication of his Traveller , his Vicar of Wakefield , and his ...
1762 , he emerged from his mean apartments near the Old Bailey to the politer air of the Temple , where he took handsome chambers , and lived in a genteel style . The publication of his Traveller , his Vicar of Wakefield , and his ...
Page vii
... his circumstances were by no means in a prosperous situation ! partly owing to the liberality of his disposition , and partly to an unfortunate kabit he had contracted of gaming , with thearts of which he was very little acquainted ...
... his circumstances were by no means in a prosperous situation ! partly owing to the liberality of his disposition , and partly to an unfortunate kabit he had contracted of gaming , with thearts of which he was very little acquainted ...
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But there is an enemy to this art still more dangerous , I mean Party . Party entirely distorts the judgment , and destroys the taste . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to ...
But there is an enemy to this art still more dangerous , I mean Party . Party entirely distorts the judgment , and destroys the taste . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to ...
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| Title | Poems and Plays |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Messrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 274 pages |
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