The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... least as interesting as the rest - especially as elucidating the story of Goldsmith's earliest struggles-- the rejected portions are reprinted partly in the form of foot - notes and partly in an Appendix . These omitted por- tions have ...
... least as interesting as the rest - especially as elucidating the story of Goldsmith's earliest struggles-- the rejected portions are reprinted partly in the form of foot - notes and partly in an Appendix . These omitted por- tions have ...
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... least pretension to civilization , in having no alphabet . Instead of letters they use certain signs , which stand for distinct words , or rather syllables , and these , by their combinations , form the written language . The number of ...
... least pretension to civilization , in having no alphabet . Instead of letters they use certain signs , which stand for distinct words , or rather syllables , and these , by their combinations , form the written language . The number of ...
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... least hesitation , " I'm very proud of the very great honour you do me . " Upon which she made a low courtsy , and all the courtiers fell a - laughing at the readiness and the smartness of her reply . LISBON . - Yesterday we had an auto ...
... least hesitation , " I'm very proud of the very great honour you do me . " Upon which she made a low courtsy , and all the courtiers fell a - laughing at the readiness and the smartness of her reply . LISBON . - Yesterday we had an auto ...
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... least unfit , as was reported , for any kind of royal exercitation . He was so frightened at the affair of Damien , ' that his physicians were apprehensive lest his reason should suffer ; but that wretch's tortures soon composed the ...
... least unfit , as was reported , for any kind of royal exercitation . He was so frightened at the affair of Damien , ' that his physicians were apprehensive lest his reason should suffer ; but that wretch's tortures soon composed the ...
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... least tainted . " " When the Ptolemies reigned in Egypt , " says he , a little farther on , " those men with dogs ' 1 Solinus has not the merit of creating this nation , for Lucan has given a similar description of the Arimaspians ...
... least tainted . " " When the Ptolemies reigned in Egypt , " says he , a little farther on , " those men with dogs ' 1 Solinus has not the merit of creating this nation , for Lucan has given a similar description of the Arimaspians ...
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