The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... Happiness lost by seeking after refinement - The Chinese Philosopher's disgraces . · VII . The tie of wisdom only to make us happy - The benefits of travelling upon the morals of a philosopher VIII . The Chinese deceived by a prostitute ...
... Happiness lost by seeking after refinement - The Chinese Philosopher's disgraces . · VII . The tie of wisdom only to make us happy - The benefits of travelling upon the morals of a philosopher VIII . The Chinese deceived by a prostitute ...
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... happiness for showTheir folly , in this respect , of use to society • 240 243 246 LXV . The history of a philosophic cobbler LXVI . The difference between love and gratitude [ Mencius and the Hermit . The Story of the Fiddle - case ...
... happiness for showTheir folly , in this respect , of use to society • 240 243 246 LXV . The history of a philosophic cobbler LXVI . The difference between love and gratitude [ Mencius and the Hermit . The Story of the Fiddle - case ...
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... happiness it cannot improve , for I have already all that I want . My passage by sea from Rotterdam to England was more painful to me than all the journeys I ever made on land . I have traversed the immeasurable wilds of Mogul Tartary ...
... happiness it cannot improve , for I have already all that I want . My passage by sea from Rotterdam to England was more painful to me than all the journeys I ever made on land . I have traversed the immeasurable wilds of Mogul Tartary ...
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... HAPPINESS LOST BY SEEKING AFTER REFINEMENT - THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER'S DISGRACES . WHETHER sporting on the flowery banks of the river Irtis , or scaling the steepy mountains of Douchenour ; whether traversing the black deserts of Kobi ...
... HAPPINESS LOST BY SEEKING AFTER REFINEMENT - THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER'S DISGRACES . WHETHER sporting on the flowery banks of the river Irtis , or scaling the steepy mountains of Douchenour ; whether traversing the black deserts of Kobi ...
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... happiness from mind alone , is in fact as wretched as the naked inhabitant of the forest , who places all happiness in the first , regardless of the latter . There are two extremes in this respect : the savage who swallows down the ...
... happiness from mind alone , is in fact as wretched as the naked inhabitant of the forest , who places all happiness in the first , regardless of the latter . There are two extremes in this respect : the savage who swallows down the ...
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