Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... means of fubfiftence . His learning produced him an hof- pitable reception at moft of the religious houfes that he vifited ; and his mufic made him welcome to the pea- fants of Flanders and Germany . Whenever I ap- proached a peasant's ...
... means of fubfiftence . His learning produced him an hof- pitable reception at moft of the religious houfes that he vifited ; and his mufic made him welcome to the pea- fants of Flanders and Germany . Whenever I ap- proached a peasant's ...
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... the acquaintance of Dr. Smollet , who recommended him to fe veral literati , and to most of the bookfellers by whom he was af- terwards patronized . 1762 , he emerged from his mean apartments near the THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... the acquaintance of Dr. Smollet , who recommended him to fe veral literati , and to most of the bookfellers by whom he was af- terwards patronized . 1762 , he emerged from his mean apartments near the THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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Oliver Goldsmith. 1762 , he emerged from his mean apartments near the Old Bailey to the politer air of the Temple , where he took handfome chambers , and lived in a genteel flyle . The publication of his Traveller , his Vicar of ...
Oliver Goldsmith. 1762 , he emerged from his mean apartments near the Old Bailey to the politer air of the Temple , where he took handfome chambers , and lived in a genteel flyle . The publication of his Traveller , his Vicar of ...
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... means in a profperous fituation ! partly owing to the li- berality of his difpofition , and partly to an unfortunate habit he had contracted of gaming , with thearts of which he was very little acquainted , and confequently became the ...
... means in a profperous fituation ! partly owing to the li- berality of his difpofition , and partly to an unfortunate habit he had contracted of gaming , with thearts of which he was very little acquainted , and confequently became the ...
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... mean Party . Party entirely distorts the judgment , and deftroys the tafte . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tyger that seldom defifts ...
... mean Party . Party entirely distorts the judgment , and deftroys the tafte . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tyger that seldom defifts ...
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