The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Life. Vicar of Wakefield. Essays. LettersG. Bell and sons, 1884 |
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... portrait , was an eccentric fellow , an old soldier who had served Queen Anne in Spain , during the War of the Succession ; and from this learned vaga- bond , who encouraged his pupil's love of the marvellous by strange stories of his ...
... portrait , was an eccentric fellow , an old soldier who had served Queen Anne in Spain , during the War of the Succession ; and from this learned vaga- bond , who encouraged his pupil's love of the marvellous by strange stories of his ...
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... portraits see Appendix to this ' Life , ' p . 62.-ED. 2 Boswell's ' Life of Johnson , ' Bohn , vol . iii . , p . 85 . 3 Ibid . , vol . ii . , p . 191. This absurd story has been very effectually refuted by Mrs. Gwyn ( Mary Horneck ) ...
... portraits see Appendix to this ' Life , ' p . 62.-ED. 2 Boswell's ' Life of Johnson , ' Bohn , vol . iii . , p . 85 . 3 Ibid . , vol . ii . , p . 191. This absurd story has been very effectually refuted by Mrs. Gwyn ( Mary Horneck ) ...
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... portrait , since his description is for the most part borne out by the testimony of other contemporaries who were disposed to view the poet's eccentricities with a more friendly eye , as Cumberland , Davies , and Dr. Percy . We do not ...
... portrait , since his description is for the most part borne out by the testimony of other contemporaries who were disposed to view the poet's eccentricities with a more friendly eye , as Cumberland , Davies , and Dr. Percy . We do not ...
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... portraits , the character of the Swiss is the most admirably drawn , and that of the Dutch is the least felicitous . The plan of the Traveller ' is obvious and simple ; but such as it is , Goldsmith appears to have borrowed it . There ...
... portraits , the character of the Swiss is the most admirably drawn , and that of the Dutch is the least felicitous . The plan of the Traveller ' is obvious and simple ; but such as it is , Goldsmith appears to have borrowed it . There ...
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... portraits , viz . , that by Sir Joshua Reynolds - the well - known wig - less profile portrait which has been engraved times out of number - and the sketch portrait by Henry Bunbury ( Geoffrey Gambado ) . Reynolds's portrait was painted ...
... portraits , viz . , that by Sir Joshua Reynolds - the well - known wig - less profile portrait which has been engraved times out of number - and the sketch portrait by Henry Bunbury ( Geoffrey Gambado ) . Reynolds's portrait was painted ...
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