The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... forming conclusions which the next minute's experience may probably destroy ; the present moment becomes a comment on the past , and I improve rather in humility than wisdom . Their laws and religion forbid the English to keep more ...
... forming conclusions which the next minute's experience may probably destroy ; the present moment becomes a comment on the past , and I improve rather in humility than wisdom . Their laws and religion forbid the English to keep more ...
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... formed her grace that I was the gentleman from China , she instantly lifted herself from the couch , while her eyes sparkled with unusual vivacity . " Bless me ! can this be the gentleman that was born so far from home ? What an unusual ...
... formed her grace that I was the gentleman from China , she instantly lifted herself from the couch , while her eyes sparkled with unusual vivacity . " Bless me ! can this be the gentleman that was born so far from home ? What an unusual ...
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... formed , and with dogs ' heads ; but what would you say if you heard of men without any heads at all ? Pomponius Mela , Solinus , and Aulus Gellius , describe them to our hand : " The Blemiæ have a nose , eyes , and mouth on their ...
... formed , and with dogs ' heads ; but what would you say if you heard of men without any heads at all ? Pomponius Mela , Solinus , and Aulus Gellius , describe them to our hand : " The Blemiæ have a nose , eyes , and mouth on their ...
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... formed against their state , and the weakness of the wall which every earth- quake might overturn . While this altercation continued , the kingdom might be justly said to enjoy its greatest share of vigour : every order in the state ...
... formed against their state , and the weakness of the wall which every earth- quake might overturn . While this altercation continued , the kingdom might be justly said to enjoy its greatest share of vigour : every order in the state ...
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... formed in a very different manner : the architecture was light , elegant , and inviting ; flowers hung in wreaths round the pillars ; all was finished in the most exact and masterly manner ; the very stone of which it was built still ...
... formed in a very different manner : the architecture was light , elegant , and inviting ; flowers hung in wreaths round the pillars ; all was finished in the most exact and masterly manner ; the very stone of which it was built still ...
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