The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Life of Goldsmith. Vicar of Wakefield. Essays, LettersG. Bell and sons, 1908 |
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... happy evening with them , retired to rest , having previously ordered a hot cake to be prepared for his breakfast . It was not till next morning , when he called for his bill , that he was informed of his mistake . Such is the story ...
... happy evening with them , retired to rest , having previously ordered a hot cake to be prepared for his breakfast . It was not till next morning , when he called for his bill , that he was informed of his mistake . Such is the story ...
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... happy versatility of his genius , that , according to an eminent critic , 1 he seemed always to do that best on which for the time he happened to be engaged . Two other compilation works done by Goldsmith for Newbery about this time ...
... happy versatility of his genius , that , according to an eminent critic , 1 he seemed always to do that best on which for the time he happened to be engaged . Two other compilation works done by Goldsmith for Newbery about this time ...
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... happy art of always engaging the attention , and communicating interest to whatever subject employs his pen : he never tires his reader by unnecessary minuteness , and seldom disappoints curiosity by superficial brevity . In the words ...
... happy art of always engaging the attention , and communicating interest to whatever subject employs his pen : he never tires his reader by unnecessary minuteness , and seldom disappoints curiosity by superficial brevity . In the words ...
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... happy and the miserable here below : that , from the nature of pleasure and pain , the wretched must be repaid the balance of their sufferings in the life hereafter CHAP . XXX . Happier prospects begin to appear . Let us be inflexible ...
... happy and the miserable here below : that , from the nature of pleasure and pain , the wretched must be repaid the balance of their sufferings in the life hereafter CHAP . XXX . Happier prospects begin to appear . Let us be inflexible ...
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... happy friends about us ; for this remark will hold good through life , that the poorer the guest , the better pleased he ever is with being treated ; and .. as some men gaze with admiration at the colours of a tulip , or the wing of a ...
... happy friends about us ; for this remark will hold good through life , that the poorer the guest , the better pleased he ever is with being treated ; and .. as some men gaze with admiration at the colours of a tulip , or the wing of a ...
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