The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... poets , though not versifiers XLI . The behaviour of the congregation in St. Paul's church at prayers . XLII . The history of China more replete with great actions than that of Europe XLIII . An apostrophe on the supposed death of ...
... poets , though not versifiers XLI . The behaviour of the congregation in St. Paul's church at prayers . XLII . The history of China more replete with great actions than that of Europe XLIII . An apostrophe on the supposed death of ...
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... poets , who lived and died in circumstances of wretchedness · • LXXXV . The trifling squabbles of stageplayers ridiculed LXXXVI . The races of Newmarket ridiculed - The description of a cart - race LXXXVII . The folly of the western ...
... poets , who lived and died in circumstances of wretchedness · • LXXXV . The trifling squabbles of stageplayers ridiculed LXXXVI . The races of Newmarket ridiculed - The description of a cart - race LXXXVII . The folly of the western ...
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... poets are estimated upon the plan here cited . - ED . ** Nouveaux Mémoires sur l'Etat présent de la Chine , 1697. ' Louis le Comte was one of the six Jesuit missionaries sent to China in 1685 , are pretty much alike . Different degrees ...
... poets are estimated upon the plan here cited . - ED . ** Nouveaux Mémoires sur l'Etat présent de la Chine , 1697. ' Louis le Comte was one of the six Jesuit missionaries sent to China in 1685 , are pretty much alike . Different degrees ...
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... poet or a philosopher , and made one in those little societies where men club to raise each other's reputation . But at present I belong to no particular class . I resemble Ù†Û’ one of those solitary animals that has been forced CITIZEN ...
... poet or a philosopher , and made one in those little societies where men club to raise each other's reputation . But at present I belong to no particular class . I resemble Ù†Û’ one of those solitary animals that has been forced CITIZEN ...
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... poets , philosophers , and even patriots , marching in luxury's train . The reason is obvious : we then only are curious after knowledge , when we find it connected with sensual happiness . The senses ever point out the way , and reflec ...
... poets , philosophers , and even patriots , marching in luxury's train . The reason is obvious : we then only are curious after knowledge , when we find it connected with sensual happiness . The senses ever point out the way , and reflec ...
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