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Measures, not men, have always been my mark.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
Dramaturge
Essayist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
Playwright
Poet
Polygraph
Theatrical Producer
Writer
Elphin
County Roscommon
Oliver Goldsmit
Doctor Goldsmith
Oliverio Goldsmith
Oliverus Goldsmith
Olver Goldsmith
Olivier Goldsmith
Dottor Golssmith
Tom Telescope
Solomon Winlove
James Willington
Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
Dr Goldsmith
Inspired Idiot
Measures
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Men
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The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
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Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.
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The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man.
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Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.
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