The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: From a Variety of Original Sources, Том 2J. Murray, 1837 |
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... reader , as it is obvious from reference to minute circumstances , that the summons of Johnson to the prisoner must have occurred in the forenoon . Hawkins colours the matter in stating that he wished to get drunk , according to his ...
... reader , as it is obvious from reference to minute circumstances , that the summons of Johnson to the prisoner must have occurred in the forenoon . Hawkins colours the matter in stating that he wished to get drunk , according to his ...
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... reader , he thought might be safely followed as the best . So likewise thought Dr. Johnson . Public opinion sided with both ; and public opinion , as Aristotle and Cicero , and many others have told us , is after a moderate time for ...
... reader , he thought might be safely followed as the best . So likewise thought Dr. Johnson . Public opinion sided with both ; and public opinion , as Aristotle and Cicero , and many others have told us , is after a moderate time for ...
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... reader grows dizzy with praise and admiration , and yet soon grows weary he can scarcely tell why . It is indeed amazing , after what has been done by Dryden , Addison , and Pope , to improve and harmonize our native tongue , that their ...
... reader grows dizzy with praise and admiration , and yet soon grows weary he can scarcely tell why . It is indeed amazing , after what has been done by Dryden , Addison , and Pope , to improve and harmonize our native tongue , that their ...
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... readers , because it wants show and glitter , has nothing to strike forcibly or take by surprise , and where the ... reader . To him , to Mason , Warton , and their imitators , his remarks were con- sidered to apply , and they did ...
... readers , because it wants show and glitter , has nothing to strike forcibly or take by surprise , and where the ... reader . To him , to Mason , Warton , and their imitators , his remarks were con- sidered to apply , and they did ...
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... attempted to be cast upon him by Colman and other wits of the day in " Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion , " will not be forgotten by the literary reader . is thus introduced ; nor will even warm admirers of HIS CRITICISM ON GRAY . 23.
... attempted to be cast upon him by Colman and other wits of the day in " Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion , " will not be forgotten by the literary reader . is thus introduced ; nor will even warm admirers of HIS CRITICISM ON GRAY . 23.
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