The Poetical Works, Complete, of Oliver Goldsmith ... with Some Account of His Life and Literature: To which are Prefixed Several Poetical Tributes to His Memory, by Contemportary WritersSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816 - 149 pages |
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... Johnson for his monu- mental stone states , that he was born in 1731 ; but there are two pretty strong proofs that this was not the case ; and they are these : 1st , In a letter to his brother Henry , dated 1759 , he mentions himself as ...
... Johnson for his monu- mental stone states , that he was born in 1731 ; but there are two pretty strong proofs that this was not the case ; and they are these : 1st , In a letter to his brother Henry , dated 1759 , he mentions himself as ...
Page xvi
... Johnson , with whose ac- quaintance he had been sometime honoured ; and Johnson disposed of the MS . of his Vicar of Wakefield to Mr. Newbery for £ .60 : a sum ( as Goldsmith used to say ) which he had been so little accustomed to ...
... Johnson , with whose ac- quaintance he had been sometime honoured ; and Johnson disposed of the MS . of his Vicar of Wakefield to Mr. Newbery for £ .60 : a sum ( as Goldsmith used to say ) which he had been so little accustomed to ...
Page xviii
... Johnson pro- nounced , " That there had not been so fine a poem since the time of Pope . " This charm- ing performance procured him the friendship of Lord Nugent , afterwards Earl of Clare , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Burke , Mr. Top ...
... Johnson pro- nounced , " That there had not been so fine a poem since the time of Pope . " This charm- ing performance procured him the friendship of Lord Nugent , afterwards Earl of Clare , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Mr. Burke , Mr. Top ...
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... Johnson pronounced it the best comedy that had appeared since " The Provok'd Husband . " Many parts of it exhibit the strongest indications of comic talents . There is perhaps no character on the stage more happily imagined , and more ...
... Johnson pronounced it the best comedy that had appeared since " The Provok'd Husband . " Many parts of it exhibit the strongest indications of comic talents . There is perhaps no character on the stage more happily imagined , and more ...
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... Johnson said of this piece , " that he knew of no co- medy for many years that had so much exhilarated an audience , that had answered so much the great end of comedy - making an audience merry . " It , however , Quick's exertions in ...
... Johnson said of this piece , " that he knew of no co- medy for many years that had so much exhilarated an audience , that had answered so much the great end of comedy - making an audience merry . " It , however , Quick's exertions in ...
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