The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... rest - especially as elucidating the story of Goldsmith's earliest struggles-- the rejected portions are reprinted partly in the form of foot - notes and partly in an Appendix . These omitted por- tions have been given only in part by ...
... rest - especially as elucidating the story of Goldsmith's earliest struggles-- the rejected portions are reprinted partly in the form of foot - notes and partly in an Appendix . These omitted por- tions have been given only in part by ...
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... rest upon thy dwelling , and the shield of conscience preserve thee from vice and misery ! For all thy favours accept my gratitude and esteem , the only tributes a poor philosophic wanderer can return . Sure , fortune is resolved to ...
... rest upon thy dwelling , and the shield of conscience preserve thee from vice and misery ! For all thy favours accept my gratitude and esteem , the only tributes a poor philosophic wanderer can return . Sure , fortune is resolved to ...
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... rest is what I have just now been credibly informed of by one of this country . " Most ladies here , " says he , " have two faces ; one face to sleep in , and another to show in company . The first is generally reserved for the husband ...
... rest is what I have just now been credibly informed of by one of this country . " Most ladies here , " says he , " have two faces ; one face to sleep in , and another to show in company . The first is generally reserved for the husband ...
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... a debtor , through the grate of his prison , a porter , who had stopped to rest his burthen , and a soldier at the window . The CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . 227 21 English pride-Liberty-An instance of both-Newspapers -Politeness.
... a debtor , through the grate of his prison , a porter , who had stopped to rest his burthen , and a soldier at the window . The CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . 227 21 English pride-Liberty-An instance of both-Newspapers -Politeness.
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... rest . Thus at night he retires home , full of the important advices of the day : when lo ! awaking next morning , he finds the instructions of yesterday a collec- tion of absurdity , or palpable falsehood . This one would think a ...
... rest . Thus at night he retires home , full of the important advices of the day : when lo ! awaking next morning , he finds the instructions of yesterday a collec- tion of absurdity , or palpable falsehood . This one would think a ...
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