The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... things proper for their funeral . A poor artisan shall spend half his income in providing himself a tomb twenty ... thing passes in silent solemnity round the sick - bed . The patient is in agonies , looks round for pity , yet not a ...
... things proper for their funeral . A poor artisan shall spend half his income in providing himself a tomb twenty ... thing passes in silent solemnity round the sick - bed . The patient is in agonies , looks round for pity , yet not a ...
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... thing extraordinary , since what I had seen for nothing filled me with so much surprise : but in this I was disap- pointed ; there was little more within than black coffins , rusty armour , tattered standards , and some few slovenly ...
... thing extraordinary , since what I had seen for nothing filled me with so much surprise : but in this I was disap- pointed ; there was little more within than black coffins , rusty armour , tattered standards , and some few slovenly ...
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... thing , " returned I ; " the guardians of the temple should pay you your wages , friend , and not permit you to squeeze thus from every spectator . When we pay our money at the door to see a show , we never give more as we are going out ...
... thing , " returned I ; " the guardians of the temple should pay you your wages , friend , and not permit you to squeeze thus from every spectator . When we pay our money at the door to see a show , we never give more as we are going out ...
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... things from China that are of no use in the world . Look at those jars ; they are of the right pea - green : these ... thing in China more beauti- ful ? " " Where I stand , I see nothing , Madam , at the end of the garden , that may not ...
... things from China that are of no use in the world . Look at those jars ; they are of the right pea - green : these ... thing in China more beauti- ful ? " " Where I stand , I see nothing , Madam , at the end of the garden , that may not ...
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... thing she thought fit to advance ; so was resolved rather to act the disciple than the instructor . She took me through several rooms , all furnished , as she told me , in the Chinese manner ; sprawling dragons , squatting pagods , and ...
... thing she thought fit to advance ; so was resolved rather to act the disciple than the instructor . She took me through several rooms , all furnished , as she told me , in the Chinese manner ; sprawling dragons , squatting pagods , and ...
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