The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... object strikes with wonder and surprise . The imagination , still unsated , seems the only active principle of the ... objects with each other , which were before examined without reflection . Behold me , then , in London , gazing at the ...
... object strikes with wonder and surprise . The imagination , still unsated , seems the only active principle of the ... objects with each other , which were before examined without reflection . Behold me , then , in London , gazing at the ...
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... object without being sullied by any . The wheel of for- tune turns incessantly round ; and who can say within himself , I shall to - day be uppermost ? We shall hold the immutable mean that lies between insensibility and anguish ; our ...
... object without being sullied by any . The wheel of for- tune turns incessantly round ; and who can say within himself , I shall to - day be uppermost ? We shall hold the immutable mean that lies between insensibility and anguish ; our ...
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... object of that wisdom was to be happy . My atten- dance on your lectures , my conferences with the mission- aries of Europe , and all my subsequent adventures upon quitting China , were calculated to increase the sphere of my happiness ...
... object of that wisdom was to be happy . My atten- dance on your lectures , my conferences with the mission- aries of Europe , and all my subsequent adventures upon quitting China , were calculated to increase the sphere of my happiness ...
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... object to my homely appearance ; they feel no repugnance at my broad face and flat nose ; they perceive me to be a stranger , and that alone is a sufficient recommendation . They even seem to think it their duty to do the honours of the ...
... object to my homely appearance ; they feel no repugnance at my broad face and flat nose ; they perceive me to be a stranger , and that alone is a sufficient recommendation . They even seem to think it their duty to do the honours of the ...
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... objects that presented [ themselves ] were the remains of desolated cities , and all the magnificence of venerable ruin . There were to be seen temples of beautiful structure , statues wrought by the hand of a master , and around , a ...
... objects that presented [ themselves ] were the remains of desolated cities , and all the magnificence of venerable ruin . There were to be seen temples of beautiful structure , statues wrought by the hand of a master , and around , a ...
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