Oliver Goldsmith

1730–1774

Poet and novelist, best known for The Vicar of Wakefield

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Doctor Goldsmith  in  Fifty Famous Stories Retold  by  James Baldwin
Goldsmith—The Vagabond  in  English Literature for Boys and Girls  by  H. E. Marshall


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'There is no arguing with Johnson,' said Goldsmith 'For when his pistol misses fire he knocks you down with the butt end of it.'
 in English Literature for Boys and Girls