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... Goldsmith was able to put into everything he did , and it brought him a little money and some fame . It brought him also the acquaintance of several men of letters - Thomas Percy , the antiquary , David Garrick , the actor and ...
... Goldsmith was able to put into everything he did , and it brought him a little money and some fame . It brought him also the acquaintance of several men of letters - Thomas Percy , the antiquary , David Garrick , the actor and ...
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... Goldsmith on the road toward a greater one . This came in 1773 , when She Stoops to Conquer was produced and charmed ... Goldsmith's far - away boyhood . The description of the schoolmaster has already been quoted ; here is a part of the ...
... Goldsmith on the road toward a greater one . This came in 1773 , when She Stoops to Conquer was produced and charmed ... Goldsmith's far - away boyhood . The description of the schoolmaster has already been quoted ; here is a part of the ...
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... Goldsmith asked for his bill next morning that he found out what he had done . On this incident Goldsmith built up a play that was so much better than The Good - natur'd Man that the audience which had only partly approved of the one ...
... Goldsmith asked for his bill next morning that he found out what he had done . On this incident Goldsmith built up a play that was so much better than The Good - natur'd Man that the audience which had only partly approved of the one ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAYS OF THE FIGHTINGMEN | 13 |
THE SINGERS OF THE CHURCH | 26 |
THE MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS | 32 |
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