• Thumbnail for Oliver Goldsmith
    where his grandfather Oliver Jones was a clergyman and master of the Elphin diocesan school, and where Oliver studied. When Goldsmith was two years old,...
    24 KB (2,732 words) - 07:33, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oliver Goldsmith (company)
    Oliver Goldsmith is a British eyewear design company established in London in 1926 by Phillip Oliver Goldsmith. Under the directorship of his son Charles...
    8 KB (727 words) - 12:24, 25 November 2023
  • Oliver Goldsmith (1890–1947) Olivia Goldsmith (1949–2004), American novelist Pamela Goldsmith-Jones (born 1961), Canadian politician Paul Goldsmith (born...
    6 KB (797 words) - 02:08, 20 November 2023
  • Oliver Goldsmith (1794–1861) was a Canadian poet born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. In 1822 he wrote some verses for an amateur theatre in Halifax. He...
    3 KB (254 words) - 11:52, 26 July 2022
  • Thumbnail for The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes
    The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (category Works by Oliver Goldsmith)
    story has been attributed to the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, though this is disputed. Because Goldsmith frequently wrote for pay and because of his copious...
    6 KB (668 words) - 22:01, 4 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for John Newbery
    market. He also supported and published the works of Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson. In recognition of his achievements the Newbery...
    16 KB (1,912 words) - 17:36, 30 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for She Stoops to Conquer
    She Stoops to Conquer (category Works by Oliver Goldsmith)
    She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a favourite for study by English literature and theatre...
    24 KB (3,412 words) - 10:42, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eloquence
    persuasive set of tenets within a presentation. "True eloquence," Oliver Goldsmith says, "Does not consist ... in saying great things in a sublime style...
    4 KB (511 words) - 14:54, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ballymahon
    the Oliver Goldsmith Summer School, a festival of literature which is held on the June Bank Holiday Weekend, with poetry readings held at Goldsmith's birthplace...
    17 KB (1,573 words) - 22:11, 21 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sentimental comedy
    continued to coexist with more conventional laughing comedies such as Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer (1773) and Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals...
    14 KB (1,831 words) - 01:16, 24 October 2023