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Oliver Goldsmith by Washington Irving

Oliver Goldsmith

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I. Birth and Parentage—­Characteristics of the Goldsmith Race—­Poetical
Birthplace—­Goblin House—­Scenes of Boyhood—­Lissoy—­Picture of a Country
Parson—­Goldsmith’s Schoolmistress—­Byrne, the Village Schoolmaster—­
Goldsmith’s Hornpipe and Epigram—­Uncle Contarine—­School Studies and
School Sports—­Mistakes of a Night