"Perhaps I may catch up even one from the gulph, and that will be great gain; for is there upon earth a gem so precious as the human soul?"
The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale
68 entries in the ESTC (1766, 1767, 1769, 1772, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1797, 1799, 1800).<br>
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See also Oliver Goldsmith, <u>The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. Supposed to be Written by Himself</u>, 2 vols. (Salisbury: B. Collins, 1766). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW113759305&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004897279.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004897279.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading Oliver Goldsmith, <u>The Vicar of Wakefield</u>, ed. Stephen Coote (London and New York: Penguin Books, 1986).