The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Life. Vicar of Wakefield. Essays. LettersG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. 1 was married to his aunt , and had always taken a paternal interest in young Goldsmith , undertook the expense of his studies in the Temple ; but in passing through Dublin , on his way to England , the ...
Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. 1 was married to his aunt , and had always taken a paternal interest in young Goldsmith , undertook the expense of his studies in the Temple ; but in passing through Dublin , on his way to England , the ...
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Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. extricated by the good offices of his fellow student , Dr. Sleigh , and another friend ; but the disgrace of an arrest , and perhaps the apprehension of other demands being made upon him on his friend's ...
Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. extricated by the good offices of his fellow student , Dr. Sleigh , and another friend ; but the disgrace of an arrest , and perhaps the apprehension of other demands being made upon him on his friend's ...
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Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. its duties , which he has given in his ' History of a Philosophic Vagabond , ' be very much exaggerated , the drudgery and morti- fications to which he was subjected must have severely tried a less ...
Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. its duties , which he has given in his ' History of a Philosophic Vagabond , ' be very much exaggerated , the drudgery and morti- fications to which he was subjected must have severely tried a less ...
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Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. 6 aversion to the practice of economy ; when he had money , he gave himself up to idleness and dissipation till it was spent , and then returned to hard study and thin potations . It was under these ...
Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. 6 aversion to the practice of economy ; when he had money , he gave himself up to idleness and dissipation till it was spent , and then returned to hard study and thin potations . It was under these ...
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Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. some years once a week , on the Monday evenings , at the Turk's Head , in Gerard Street , Soho , and , after supping together , gene- rally sat till a late hour . They afterwards migrated about till they ...
Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. some years once a week , on the Monday evenings , at the Turk's Head , in Gerard Street , Soho , and , after supping together , gene- rally sat till a late hour . They afterwards migrated about till they ...
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