The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... heads , leaving only one tuft of hair behind . The Chinese differ from all nations who make the least pretension to civilization , in having no alphabet . Instead of letters they use certain signs , which stand for distinct words , or ...
... heads , leaving only one tuft of hair behind . The Chinese differ from all nations who make the least pretension to civilization , in having no alphabet . Instead of letters they use certain signs , which stand for distinct words , or ...
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... heads with horns : the Ostiacs1 powdered with red earth ; and the Calmuck ' beauties tricked out in all the finery of sheepskin , appeared highly ridiculous . But I soon perceived that the ridicule lay not in them , but in me ; that I ...
... heads with horns : the Ostiacs1 powdered with red earth ; and the Calmuck ' beauties tricked out in all the finery of sheepskin , appeared highly ridiculous . But I soon perceived that the ridicule lay not in them , but in me ; that I ...
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... heads of all his neighbours , and clap it , like a bush , on his own . The distributors of law and physic stick on such quantities , that it is almost impossible , even in idea , to distinguish between the head and the hair . Those whom ...
... heads of all his neighbours , and clap it , like a bush , on his own . The distributors of law and physic stick on such quantities , that it is almost impossible , even in idea , to distinguish between the head and the hair . Those whom ...
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... head- ing " ENGLAND . " The " Wanted an Usher , " & c . , does not appear in the Ledger version . Instead is the following : — “ ENGLAND . There was a great concourse of nobility this season at Newmarket . The French are preparing to ...
... head- ing " ENGLAND . " The " Wanted an Usher , " & c . , does not appear in the Ledger version . Instead is the following : — “ ENGLAND . There was a great concourse of nobility this season at Newmarket . The French are preparing to ...
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... head , by which is understood only his hair . He is a professed admirer , not of any particular lady , but of the whole sex . He is to suppose every lady has caught cold every night , which gives him an opportunity of calling to see how ...
... head , by which is understood only his hair . He is a professed admirer , not of any particular lady , but of the whole sex . He is to suppose every lady has caught cold every night , which gives him an opportunity of calling to see how ...
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