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Page xxi
... fate than it deserved . Garrick refused to produce it at Drury Lane . It was acted at Covent Garden in 1768 , but was coldly received . The author , however , cleared by his benefit nights , and by the sale of the copy- right , no less ...
... fate than it deserved . Garrick refused to produce it at Drury Lane . It was acted at Covent Garden in 1768 , but was coldly received . The author , however , cleared by his benefit nights , and by the sale of the copy- right , no less ...
Page lvi
... fate , till he , in a last agony , would have exclaimed , - ——— ' Dear friends , adieu ! For , see , the hounds are full in view . ' DR . GOLDSMITH . -- I AM aware that what I am about to relate will somewhat subject myself to ridicule ...
... fate , till he , in a last agony , would have exclaimed , - ——— ' Dear friends , adieu ! For , see , the hounds are full in view . ' DR . GOLDSMITH . -- I AM aware that what I am about to relate will somewhat subject myself to ridicule ...
Page lxxi
... fate of which was to depend upon the industry of a man with whose indolence of temper and method of procrastination they had long been acquainted . The coldness with which they met his proposal was lamented by the Doctor to the hour of ...
... fate of which was to depend upon the industry of a man with whose indolence of temper and method of procrastination they had long been acquainted . The coldness with which they met his proposal was lamented by the Doctor to the hour of ...
Page xcvii
... fate , he was found by Johnson in the act of meditating on the me- lancholy alternative before him . He showed Johnson his manuscript of The Vicar of Wake- field , but seemed to be without any plan , or even hope , of rais . ing money ...
... fate , he was found by Johnson in the act of meditating on the me- lancholy alternative before him . He showed Johnson his manuscript of The Vicar of Wake- field , but seemed to be without any plan , or even hope , of rais . ing money ...
Page 41
... fate ; Olympus thus the rage of heaven divides , While forky lightning plays around his sides : Eternally serene , no winter sees , Nor storms nor tempest interrupt his ease , Insults the wreck , and higher rears his head ' Midst ...
... fate ; Olympus thus the rage of heaven divides , While forky lightning plays around his sides : Eternally serene , no winter sees , Nor storms nor tempest interrupt his ease , Insults the wreck , and higher rears his head ' Midst ...
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