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The complete works of Oliver Goldsmith ... With some Account of his life and writings

Oliver Goldsmith · 1886 · Scanned text

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Author
Oliver Goldsmith
Language
English
Published
1886
Length
469,346 words · about 32 h 52 min
Sections
118 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
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Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (118)
  1. Front matter about 2 h 48 min
  2. Epilogue about 24 min
  3. Prologue about 6 min
  4. Preface about 9 h 4 min
  5. Introduction about 4 h 2 min
  6. Chapter I about 2 min
  7. Chapter II. The Causes Which Coxthibute To The Decline about 10 min
  8. Chapter III about 4 min
  9. Chapter IV. Of The about 4 min
  10. Chapter V. Of Polite Leabning In Gebmant about 5 min
  11. Chapter VI. Of Polite Learning In Holland And Some Other Cototeies Of about 6 min
  12. Chapter VII. Of Polite Leabning In Feance about 10 min
  13. Chapter IX. Of Learning In Gbeat Bbitain about 2 min
  14. Chapter X. Of Rewarding Genius In England about 13 min
  15. Chapter XI. Op The Maeks Of Litehaby Decat In Prance And England about 15 min
  16. Chapter XIII. On Universities about 7 min
  17. Chapter XIV about 8 min
  18. Letter I. To Mb about 1 min
  19. Letter II. London about 4 min
  20. Letter III. From Lien Chi Altangh To The Cabe Op Pipsihi, Kesident about 11 min
  21. Letter V. To The Same about 6 min
  22. Letter VI. Tum Hoam, Pirst President Cp The Cebemonial Academt At Peein about 2 min
  23. Letter VII. Pbom Lien Chi Altangi, To Pum Hoam, Fibst Pbesident Of about 6 min
  24. Letter IX. To The Same about 3 min
  25. Letter X. To The Same about 4 min
  26. Letter XI. To The Same about 3 min
  27. Letter XII. To The Same about 13 min
  28. Letter XIV. Fbom The Same about 4 min
  29. Letter XV. Feom The Same about 4 min
  30. Letter XVI. From The Same about 5 min
  31. Letter XVII. Fbom The Same about 5 min
  32. Letter XVIII. Prom The Same about 11 min
  33. Letter XX. From The Same about 5 min
  34. Letter XXI. To The Same about 8 min
  35. Letter XXII. Fbom The Same about 4 min
  36. Letter XXIII. To The Same about 5 min
  37. Letter XXIV To The Same about 3 min
  38. Letter XXV about 12 min
  39. Letter XXVI. To The about 10 min
  40. Letter XXVII. To The Same about 8 min
  41. Letter XXIX. Fbom The Same about 10 min
  42. Letter XXX. From The Same about 4 min
  43. Letter XXXI. From The Same about 5 min
  44. Letter XXXII. From about 8 min
  45. Letter XXXIII. To The Same about 6 min
  46. Letter XXXIV From Hingpo about 4 min
  47. Letter XXXV. To The Same about 3 min
  48. Letter XXXVI. Prom The Same about 7 min
  49. Letter XXXVII. Feom Wen Chi Altangi To Pom about 5 min
  50. Letter Xxxviii. Peom Lien Chi about 7 min
  51. Letter XXXIX about 4 min
  52. Letter XL. From The Same about 4 min
  53. Letter XLI. From Pusi Hoamf, To Lies Chi Altangi, The Discontented Wandebeb about 6 min
  54. Letter XLII. Pcom Lien Chi about 4 min
  55. Letter XLIII. Peom Lien Chi about 6 min
  56. Letter XLIV. Peom Lien Chi Altangi, To Fttm Hoam, Fiest President Op about 7 min
  57. Letter XLV. To The Same about 7 min
  58. Letter XLVI about 3 min
  59. Letter XLVII. Fbom Lien Chi Ai about 6 min
  60. Letter XLVIII. Prom The Same about 6 min
  61. Letter XLIX. Prom Lien Chi Altangi, To Pitm Hoam, First President Of about 5 min
  62. Letter L. To The Same about 7 min
  63. Letter LI. To The Same about 6 min
  64. Letter LII Pbom The Same about 5 min
  65. Letter LIII. Ekom The Same about 5 min
  66. Letter LIV. To The Same about 6 min
  67. Letter LV. Teom Pum Hoam To Altangi, The Discontented Wanderer about 4 min
  68. Letter LVI. From Lien Chi Altangi, To Fcm Ho Am, Fiest President about 4 min
  69. Letter LVII. To The Same about 6 min
  70. Letter LVIII. From Hingto To Lien Chi Altangi By The Wat Of about 4 min
  71. Letter LIX. From The Same about 8 min
  72. Letter LX. From Lien Chi Altangi To Hingfo about 5 min
  73. Letter LXI From The Same about 7 min
  74. Letter LXII. Jbom Hen Chi Aitangi, Totoh Hoam, Pibst about 7 min
  75. Letter LXIV. Teom The Same about 11 min
  76. Letter LXVI. Feom The Same about 4 min
  77. Letter LXVII. Peom Hen- Chi Altangi, To Fum Hoam, Pibst Pbesident Op about 6 min
  78. Letter LXVIII. To The Same about 7 min
  79. Letter LXIX. Pbom Men Chi Altangi To Hingpo, Bt The Wat Op about 5 min
  80. Letter LXX. Fbom Men Chi about 7 min
  81. Letter LXXI. Fbom The Same about 6 min
  82. Letter LXXII. Prom Lien Chi Aitangi To Hingpo, Bt The Way Op about 4 min
  83. Letter LXXIII. Feom Lien Cui Altangi, To Eum Hoam, Fiest Peesident Of about 5 min
  84. Letter LXXIV. Feom The Same about 5 min
  85. Letter LXXV. Pbom Hingpo To Lien Chi Axtangi, Bt about 5 min
  86. Letter LXXVI. Feom Men Chi Altangi, To Ffm Hoam, Eiest President Of about 4 min
  87. Letter LXXVII. From The Same about 3 h 30 min
  88. Chapter I. The Description Of The Family Of Wakefield, In Which about 5 min
  89. Chapter II about 6 min
  90. Chapter III about 10 min
  91. Chapter IV about 5 min
  92. Chapter V about 5 min
  93. Chapter VI. The Happiness Of about 5 min
  94. Chapter VII about 7 min
  95. Chapter VIII. Ak Amour, Which Promises Little Good Fortune, Yet May Be about 8 min
  96. Chapter IX. Two Ladies Of Great Distinction Introduced about 5 min
  97. Chapter X. The Family Endeavours To Cope With Their Betters about 6 min
  98. Chapter XI. The Family Still Eesolte To Hold Up Their Heads about 7 min
  99. Chapter XII. Fortune Seems Kesolved To Humble The Family Of Wakefield about 8 min
  100. Chapter XIII. Mr about 5 min
  101. Chapter XIV. Fresh Mortifications, Or about 9 min
  102. Chapter XV. All Mr about 7 min
  103. Chapter XVI. The Family Use Art, Which Is Opposed With Still Greater about 8 min
  104. Chapter XVII. Scarcely Any Virtue Found To Resist The Power Of Long about 12 min
  105. Chapter XVIII. The Pursuit Of about 7 min
  106. Chapter XIX. The Description Of about 13 min
  107. Chapter XX. The History Of about 22 min
  108. Chapter XXI about 13 min
  109. Chapter XXII. Offences about 6 min
  110. Chapter XXIII. Hone But The Guilty Can Be Long And Completely Misebablb about 6 min
  111. Chapter XXIV. Eeesh Calamities about 13 min
  112. Chapter XXVI about 8 min
  113. Chapter XXVII. The Same Subject Continued about 6 min
  114. Chapter XXVIII. Happiness And Misery Rather The Result Of Prudence Than Op about 16 min
  115. Chapter XXIX. The Equal Dealings Of Providence Demonstrated With Regard To The about 7 min
  116. Chapter XXX. Happier Prospects Begin To Appear about 12 min
  117. Chapter XXXI. Former Benevolence Now Repaid With Unexpected Interest about 22 min
  118. Chapter XXXII. The Conclusion about 27 min

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Front matter

ROUTLEDGE'S EXCELSIOR SERIES OF ' ■ .: ■'■ ■ . Standard Authors, without Abridgment. ' Crown 8vo, 2s. each in cloth, cut edges (Postage 4rf.). i The Wide, Wide World. By Miss Wetherell. 2 Melbourne House. By Miss Wetherell. 3 The Lamplighter. By Miss Cummins. 4 Stepping Heavenward, and Aunt Jane's Hero. ByE. '. Prentiss. . 5 Queechy. By Miss Wetherell. 6 Ellen Montgomery's Bookshelf. By Miss Wether«ll. 7 The Two School . Girls, and other Tales, illustrating the Beatitudes. By Miss Wetherell. 8 Helen. By Maria Edgeworth. 9 The Old Helmet. By Miss Wetherell. io Mabel Vaughan. By Miss Cummins. ii The Glen Luna Family; or, Speculation. MissWKTHERlix. 13 Alone. By Marion Harland. 14 The Lofty and Lowly. By Miss M'Intosh. 15 The Prince of the House of David. 16 Uncle Tom's Cabin. By Mrs. Stowe. 17 Longfellow's Poetical Works. 726 pages, with Portrait. 18 Burns's Poetical Works.

With Memoirby Wilmoxt. 19 Moore's Poetical Works. With Memoir by Howitt. 20 Byron's Poetical Works. Selections from Don Juan. 21 Pope's Poetical Works. Edited by the Rev. H. F. Cart. 22 Wise Sayings of the Great and Good. 23 Lover's Poetical Works. 24 Bret Harte's Poems. 25 Mrs. Hemans' Poetical Works. 26 Coleridge's Poetical Works. With Memoir by W. B. Scott. 27 Dodd's Beauties of Shakespeare. 28 Hood's Poetical Works, Serious and Comic. 456 pages. 29 The Book of Familiar Quotations, from the best Authors. 30 Shelley's Poetical Works. With Memoir by W. B. Scorr. 31 Keats' Poetical Works. With Memoir by. W. B. Scott. 32 Shakspeare Gems. A Collection of Extracts. . 33 The Book of Humour, Wit, and Wisdom. 34 Edgar Allan Poe's Poetical Works. With Memoir br R. H. Stoddard. * 35 L. E. L., The Poetical Works of (Letitia Elizabeth Landon), With Memoir by W.B,Scott. [Co_*«.u«.«_ nvtfiy. ■ jotledob's Excelsior Series— continued, \ H 36 The Mind of Shakspeare.

Quotations on 500:^ By the Rev. Aaron A. Morgan, M.A. 1 H 27 Sir Walter Scott'3 Poetical Works. With Meni W 38 Shakspere, Complete, with Poems and Sonnets. Eoj V Charles Knight, im M 40 Milton's Poetical Works. From the Text of Dr. N* V 41 Sacred Poems. A Selection from the Poets, Devo'tio. W Moral, V 42 Sydney Smith's Essays. From the Edinburgh Rev, \ 43 Choice Poems and Lyrics. From 130 Poets. ■ | 44 Crttden's Concordance to the Old and New Testal Edited by the Rev. C. S. Carey. 57a pp. Three Columns on a pag. 45 Tales of a Wayside Inn. H. W. Longfellow. Comple 46 Dante's Inferno. \ 47 ,, Purgatorio. • Transla\e* H' ™- LoNGFELip „ t» __ • With extensive Notes. 48 „ Paradiso. ) 49 Household Stories, Collected by the Brothers Grim* Newly Translated. Comprises nearly aoo Tales, In 564 pages. jo Fairy Tales and Stories.

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