Vicar of Wakefield, The

American  

noun

1. a novel (1766) by Goldsmith.

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Example Sentences

Yet by the time of his relatively early death at age 45, he had produced a classic of sentimental fiction, “The Vicar of Wakefield ,” the witty stage comedy, “She Stoops to Conquer,” and the influential descriptive poem, “The Deserted Village.”

From Washington Post

Vicar of Wakefield, The, 82, 83.

From Project Gutenberg

The Vicar of Wakefield," the author, writing in the person of the Vicar, thus expounds the traits of Mrs. Primrose:— "I was ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.

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Vicar of Wakefield, The, 84, 85.

From Project Gutenberg

Or yet again: the eighteenth century will present pictures that seem utterly opposite, and yet seem singularly typical of the time: the sack of Versailles and the "Vicar of Wakefield"; the pastorals of Watteau and the dynamite speeches of Danton.

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