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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: I

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Oliver Goldsmith

Murray, 1884

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THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH	1

Appendix to the Life of Goldsmith	59

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD	65

ESSAYS	159

ESSAYS Collected by Bishop Percy	243

CONTENTS Preface to the Essays ESSAYS I Description of various Clubs	249

Specimen of a Magazine in Miniature	259

Asem an Eastern Tale or a Vindication of the Wisdom of Providence in the Moral Government of the World	263

On Metaphors	361

On Hyperbole	378

On Versification	381

Schools of Music Objections thereto and Answers	386

A Register of Scotch Marriages	392

On the Dignity of Human Nature ¹ Percy concluded his collection with an essay so titled but this we omit simply because the Dignity of Human Natu...	398

LETTER CONTENTS I To Mrs Anne Goldsmith	413

To the Rev Thomas Contarine	418

On the English Clergy and Popular Preachers	270

A Reverie at the BoarsHead Tavern Eastcheap	275

Adventures of a Strolling Player	290

Rules enjoined to be observed at a Russian Assembly VIII Biographical Memoir supposed to be written by the Ordi nary of Newgate IX From a Com...	299

Upon Taste	323

On the Cultivation of Taste	332

The Origin of Poetry	341

On Poetry as distinguished from other Writing	352

To Robert Bryanton Esq IV To the Rev Thomas Contarine	420

To Mr Ralph Griffiths	445

To the Rev Henry Goldsmith	447

To Mr Newbery XIV 445 447	452

To Mr Maurice Goldsmith XV To the Printer of the St Jamess Chronicle	453

To David Garrick Esq XVIII To Sir Joshua Reynolds XIX	454

Memoranda	483

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Title	The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: I
Author	Oliver Goldsmith
Editor	Peter Cunningham
Publisher	Murray, 1884
Original from	the Bavarian State Library (P.o.angl. 142 ln-1)
Digitized	14 Dec 2023

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