The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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Page 12
... mind what may happen . I am appeased , though not contented : too indolent for intrigue , and too timid to push for favour , I am - but what signifies what I am ? Ελπὶς καὶ σὺ τύχη , μέγα χαίρετε · τὸν λιμέν ξ υρον . Οὐδὲν ἐμοὶ χ ̓ ὑμῖν ...
... mind what may happen . I am appeased , though not contented : too indolent for intrigue , and too timid to push for favour , I am - but what signifies what I am ? Ελπὶς καὶ σὺ τύχη , μέγα χαίρετε · τὸν λιμέν ξ υρον . Οὐδὲν ἐμοὶ χ ̓ ὑμῖν ...
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... mind . The most trifling occurrences give pleasure , till the gloss of novelty is worn away . When I have ceased to wonder , I may possibly grow wise ; I may then call the reasoning prin- ciple to my aid , and compare those objects with ...
... mind . The most trifling occurrences give pleasure , till the gloss of novelty is worn away . When I have ceased to wonder , I may possibly grow wise ; I may then call the reasoning prin- ciple to my aid , and compare those objects with ...
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... 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 draught of pleasure ...
... 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 draught of pleasure ...
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... mind against the accidents of fortune , or the accesses of despair . Farewell . LETTER VIII . To the Same . THE CHINESE DECEIVED BY A PROSTITUTE IN THE STREETS OF LONDON . How insupportable , O thou possessor of heavenly wis- dom ...
... mind against the accidents of fortune , or the accesses of despair . Farewell . LETTER VIII . To the Same . THE CHINESE DECEIVED BY A PROSTITUTE IN THE STREETS OF LONDON . How insupportable , O thou possessor of heavenly wis- dom ...
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... mind . What though they want black teeth , or are de- prived of the allurements of feet no bigger than their thumbs ... minds not less noble than their appearance . You know that nature has in- dulged me with a person by no means ...
... mind . What though they want black teeth , or are de- prived of the allurements of feet no bigger than their thumbs ... minds not less noble than their appearance . You know that nature has in- dulged me with a person by no means ...
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