The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... society • 240 243 246 LXV . The history of a philosophic cobbler LXVI . The difference between love and gratitude [ Mencius and the Hermit . The Story of the Fiddle - case . ] LXVII . The folly of attempting to learn wisdom by being ...
... society • 240 243 246 LXV . The history of a philosophic cobbler LXVI . The difference between love and gratitude [ Mencius and the Hermit . The Story of the Fiddle - case . ] LXVII . The folly of attempting to learn wisdom by being ...
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... 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 OF THE WORLD . 11.
... 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 OF THE WORLD . 11.
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... society by such appetites , none but the ignorant inveigh against them . You are not insensible , most reverend Fum Hoam , what numberless trades , even among the Chinese , subsist by the harmless pride of each other . Your nose ...
... society by such appetites , none but the ignorant inveigh against them . You are not insensible , most reverend Fum Hoam , what numberless trades , even among the Chinese , subsist by the harmless pride of each other . Your nose ...
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... society . I was deceived ; every man here keeps as many wives as he can maintain : the laws are cemented with blood , ' praised and disregarded . The very Chinese , whose religion allows him two wives , takes not half the liberties of ...
... society . I was deceived ; every man here keeps as many wives as he can maintain : the laws are cemented with blood , ' praised and disregarded . The very Chinese , whose religion allows him two wives , takes not half the liberties of ...
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... society , in order to make war upon all the human race , nominally professing a subjection to Muscovy or China , but without any resemblance to the countries on which they depend . After I had crossed the great wall , the first objects ...
... society , in order to make war upon all the human race , nominally professing a subjection to Muscovy or China , but without any resemblance to the countries on which they depend . After I had crossed the great wall , the first objects ...
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