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Young , you lived to write well ; old , you write catalogues for a living . But take com- fort in this , that even bad writers have failed . In the year 1771 Oliver Goldsmith had ceased to fail ; he was wearing fine linen and purple ...
Young , you lived to write well ; old , you write catalogues for a living . But take com- fort in this , that even bad writers have failed . In the year 1771 Oliver Goldsmith had ceased to fail ; he was wearing fine linen and purple ...
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Many people still believe that he wrote a bad style , that his way of writing is an obstacle to the enjoyment of what he says ... wrote as no sentimentalist ever could write , with sentences as well balanced in structure as in thought .
Many people still believe that he wrote a bad style , that his way of writing is an obstacle to the enjoyment of what he says ... wrote as no sentimentalist ever could write , with sentences as well balanced in structure as in thought .
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would sit very quietly at work beside the fire in the Godmersham library , then suddenly burst out laughing , jump up , cross the room to a distant table with papers lying on it , write something down , returning presently and sitting ...
would sit very quietly at work beside the fire in the Godmersham library , then suddenly burst out laughing , jump up , cross the room to a distant table with papers lying on it , write something down , returning presently and sitting ...
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