Works, Том 11Putnam, 1851 |
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... heads seemed to be doing any thing but what they ought . " - " They were remarkable , " says another statement , " for their worth , but of no cleverness in the ways of the world . " Oliver Goldsmith will be found faithfully to inherit ...
... heads seemed to be doing any thing but what they ought . " - " They were remarkable , " says another statement , " for their worth , but of no cleverness in the ways of the world . " Oliver Goldsmith will be found faithfully to inherit ...
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... head of his army , influenced my father at the head of his table he told the story of the ivy - tree , and that was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches , and the company laughed at that ; but ...
... head of his army , influenced my father at the head of his table he told the story of the ivy - tree , and that was laughed at ; he repeated the jest of the two scholars and one pair of breeches , and the company laughed at that ; but ...
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... head could carry all he knew . " There are certain whimsical traits in the character of Byrne , not given in the foregoing sketch . He was fond of talking of his vagabond wanderings in foreign lands , and had brought.
... head could carry all he knew . " There are certain whimsical traits in the character of Byrne , not given in the foregoing sketch . He was fond of talking of his vagabond wanderings in foreign lands , and had brought.
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... head was turned . He deter- mined to play the man , and to spend his money in independent traveller's style . Accordingly , instead of pushing directly for home , he halted for the night at the little town of Ardagh , and , accosting ...
... head was turned . He deter- mined to play the man , and to spend his money in independent traveller's style . Accordingly , instead of pushing directly for home , he halted for the night at the little town of Ardagh , and , accosting ...
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... life in a curacy of forty pounds a year . Another matrimonial event occurred not long afterward in the Goldsmith family , to disturb the equanimity of its worthy THE HODSON MARRIAGE . 31 head . This was the 30 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... life in a curacy of forty pounds a year . Another matrimonial event occurred not long afterward in the Goldsmith family , to disturb the equanimity of its worthy THE HODSON MARRIAGE . 31 head . This was the 30 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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