The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... obliged you to , no jus- tice required . Even half your favours would have been greater than my most sanguine expectations . The sum of money , therefore , which you privately con- veyed into my baggage , when I was leaving Holland ...
... obliged you to , no jus- tice required . Even half your favours would have been greater than my most sanguine expectations . The sum of money , therefore , which you privately con- veyed into my baggage , when I was leaving Holland ...
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... oblige , to lessen the force of the favour . Other countries are fond of obliging a stranger ; but seem desirous that he should be sensible of the obligation . The English confer their kind- ness with an appearance of indifference , and ...
... oblige , to lessen the force of the favour . Other countries are fond of obliging a stranger ; but seem desirous that he should be sensible of the obligation . The English confer their kind- ness with an appearance of indifference , and ...
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... oblige me by making use of my coat ? you see how well it defends me from the rain ; I should not choose to part with it to others , but to such a friend as you I could even part with my skin to do him service . " From such minute ...
... oblige me by making use of my coat ? you see how well it defends me from the rain ; I should not choose to part with it to others , but to such a friend as you I could even part with my skin to do him service . " From such minute ...
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... obliged to have recourse to the most rigorous methods to raise the expenses of the war . Our distresses are great ; but Madame Pompadour continues to supply our king , who is now growing old , with a fresh lady every night . His health ...
... obliged to have recourse to the most rigorous methods to raise the expenses of the war . Our distresses are great ; but Madame Pompadour continues to supply our king , who is now growing old , with a fresh lady every night . His health ...
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... obliged to have recourse to variety , merely from the weakness , not the vigour , of his constitution , the number of his wives being the most equivocal symptom of his virility . Beside the country squire , there is also another set of ...
... obliged to have recourse to variety , merely from the weakness , not the vigour , of his constitution , the number of his wives being the most equivocal symptom of his virility . Beside the country squire , there is also another set of ...
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