This collection features select poems by 18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician Oliver Goldsmith. The poems are known for their simple style and use of everyday language to evoke emotions and elicit audience empathy. Most are pastoral in nature, evocative of idealized country life, and serve as a tribute to the solitary and satisfying creative life. This delightful collection is still relevant and offering insights into the inner world of a creative mind. This work has been selected by scholars as being ...
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This collection features select poems by 18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician Oliver Goldsmith. The poems are known for their simple style and use of everyday language to evoke emotions and elicit audience empathy. Most are pastoral in nature, evocative of idealized country life, and serve as a tribute to the solitary and satisfying creative life. This delightful collection is still relevant and offering insights into the inner world of a creative mind. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Add this copy of Select Poems of Oliver Goldsmith to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Bookfeathers LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lewisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1903 by American Book Company.
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VG+ Not ex-lib. Hardcover in series-uniform pebbled brownish-red cloth, gilt stamped titles on spine and front, red-tinted page edges, no jacket, small 12mo. 145pp. Index, endnotes, illustrations throughout. VG+. Cloth and gilt are very bright and sharp overall though touch of soil of mid front fore edge., with mild softening at lower spine end and minute touches of surface loss there and at tips of mildly bumped corners. Binding tight and square; page edges very bright and clean. Light uniform toning to clean, unmarked pages, though prev. owner's name in large hand below upper edge title page and in beautiful hand with date October 1914 on ffep.
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Very Good. No dust jacket. Lt wear to spine extremities & corners, spine sl darkened, sm closed gutter endpaper tear, owner name ffep. Contents clean & tight. Unknown printing. 3 p. l. , [9]-144 p. , 1 l. illus. 18 cm. Original copyright, 1875. Oliver Goldsmith, by T. B. Macaulay. --Selections from other memoirs of Goldsmith. --The traveller. --The deserted village. --Retaliation. --Notes. --Index. Red cloth with gilt lettering.
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Very Good. Very good. Hardcover, with engravings, rubbed at spine ends and corners, spine and pages lightly browned, writing on front endpaper, gold stamping on front cover and spine, minor spotting on cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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