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" Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day. "
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 119
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1812
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The British Magazine, Or, Monthly Repository for Gentlemen & Ladies

English literature - 730 pages
...fubfiftence for the next <Say. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fafi.-.jn ; but they ftill thought my performance odious, and never rewarded...This was to me the more extraordinary, as whenever 1 ufed formerly to play for company, when playing was my amufemtnt, my mufic never failed to throw...
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Vicar of Wakefield, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - Facsimiles - 1766 - 286 pages
...I " played one of my moft merry tunes, " and that procured me not only a lodging, " but fubfiftence for the next day. I " once or twice attempted to play for people " of fafhion ; but they ftill thought my per" formance odious, and never rewarded me " even with a trifle....
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1770 - 238 pages
...* but fubfiftence for the next day, I * once or twice attempted to play for *- people of fafhion-; but they always * thought my performance odious, and...was to me the more extraordinary, * as whenever I ufed in better days to '.play for company, when playing was * my amufement, my mufic never failed *...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 212 pages
...to their wants^ Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall^ I played one of my mo6t merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging,...subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to flay fOrpeo-. pie of fashion, b'ut" they, always thought my, performance odious and- never rewarded...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. : In Two Volumes

Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 106 pages
...lodging, but fubfiilence for the next day. I oiice or twice attempted to play for people of fafhion ; but they always thought my performance odious, and...rewarded me even with a trifle. ' This was to me the more exliaordi' nary, as wherever I ufed in better ' days to play for company, when ' playing was my amufement,...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, Volumes 1-2

Oliver Goldsmith - English fiction - 1783 - 272 pages
...once or twice attempted to play for people " of fafhion; but they always thought my per•* formance odious, and never rewarded me even ** with a trifle. This was to me the more extra" ordinary, as whenever I ufed, in better days, to " play for company, when playing was my amufe•*...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - Abduction - 1791 - 206 pages
...procured me not only a lodging, but fubfiftence * fall I played one of my moft merry tunes, and that * for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play * for people offathion; but they always thought my * performance odious, and never rewarded me even * with a trifle....
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The vicar of Wakefield [by O. Goldsmith]. 2 vols. [in 1].

Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 252 pages
...I played one of the moft merry tunes, ' and that procured me riot only a lodging, but fubfiftence ' for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for ' people of fafhion ; but they always thought my perform' ance odious, and never rewarded me even with a trifle....
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...sprighu ly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approach= ed a peasant's house towards nighufall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion ; bnt they always thought my performance odious, and never rewarded me even with a trifle. This was...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1801 - 424 pages
...lodging ' but fubfiftence for the next day. I once-or twice * attempted to play for people of fafliion ; but they ' always thought my performance odious, and...was to me ' the more extraordinary, as whenever I ufed in bet' ter days to play for company, when playing was * my amufement, my mufic never failed to...
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