The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... perceive , that a single Gazette is the joint manufacture of Europe ; and he who would peruse it with a philosophical eye , might perceive in every para- graph something characteristic of the nation to which it belongs . A map does not ...
... perceive , that a single Gazette is the joint manufacture of Europe ; and he who would peruse it with a philosophical eye , might perceive in every para- graph something characteristic of the nation to which it belongs . A map does not ...
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... 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 country by every act of complaisance in their power . One takes me under the arm , and in a ...
... 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 country by every act of complaisance in their power . One takes me under the arm , and in a ...
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... perceiving my watch out of order , she kindly took it to be repaired by a relation of her own , which , you may imagine , will save some expense ; and she assures me , that it will cost her nothing . I shall have it back in a few days ...
... perceiving my watch out of order , she kindly took it to be repaired by a relation of her own , which , you may imagine , will save some expense ; and she assures me , that it will cost her nothing . I shall have it back in a few days ...
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... perceive they were going to die of old age : and , what is more surprising still , such battered beaux are generally most infamously successful . A fellow of this kind employs three hours every morn- ing in dressing his head , by which ...
... perceive they were going to die of old age : and , what is more surprising still , such battered beaux are generally most infamously successful . A fellow of this kind employs three hours every morn- ing in dressing his head , by which ...
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... perceive he does not consume , they fill up the grave , and desist from desiring him to eat for the future . How , how can mankind be guilty of such strange absurdity ? to entreat a dead body , already putrid , to par- take of the ...
... perceive he does not consume , they fill up the grave , and desist from desiring him to eat for the future . How , how can mankind be guilty of such strange absurdity ? to entreat a dead body , already putrid , to par- take of the ...
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