The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... endeavour to lessen your own merit and my obligations . By calling your late instances of friendship only a return for former favours , you would induce me to impute to your justice what I owe to your generosity . The services I did you ...
... endeavour to lessen your own merit and my obligations . By calling your late instances of friendship only a return for former favours , you would induce me to impute to your justice what I owe to your generosity . The services I did you ...
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... endeavour to forward with all dili- gence ; I shall send them open , in order that you may take copies or translations , as you are equally versed in the Dutch and Chinese languages . Dear friend , think of my absence with regret , as I ...
... endeavour to forward with all dili- gence ; I shall send them open , in order that you may take copies or translations , as you are equally versed in the Dutch and Chinese languages . Dear friend , think of my absence with regret , as I ...
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... endeavour to improve her simple plan , since every extravagance in dress proceeds from a desire of becoming more beautiful than nature made us ; and this is so harmless a vanity , that I not only pardon , but approve it . A desire to be ...
... endeavour to improve her simple plan , since every extravagance in dress proceeds from a desire of becoming more beautiful than nature made us ; and this is so harmless a vanity , that I not only pardon , but approve it . A desire to be ...
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... endeavour to instruct the administration . You must not , however , imagine , that they who compile these papers have any actual knowledge of the politics , or the government , of a state ; they only collect their materials from the ...
... endeavour to instruct the administration . You must not , however , imagine , that they who compile these papers have any actual knowledge of the politics , or the government , of a state ; they only collect their materials from the ...
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... poverty . As I shall endeavour to guard thee from the one , so guard thyself from the other ; and still think of me with affection and esteem . - Farewell . LETTER VII . From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam 30 GOLDSMITH'S WORKS .
... poverty . As I shall endeavour to guard thee from the one , so guard thyself from the other ; and still think of me with affection and esteem . - Farewell . LETTER VII . From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam 30 GOLDSMITH'S WORKS .
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