The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... occasion , with illuminations and other demonstrations of joy . The queen is more beautiful than the rising sun , and reckoned one of the first wits in Europe . She had a glorious opportunity of displaying the readiness of her invention ...
... occasion , with illuminations and other demonstrations of joy . The queen is more beautiful than the rising sun , and reckoned one of the first wits in Europe . She had a glorious opportunity of displaying the readiness of her invention ...
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... occasion with great good- humour , joy , and sincere devotion.1 Our merciful sovereign has been for some time past recovered of his fright : though so atrocious an attempt deserved to exterminate half the nation , yet he has been ...
... occasion with great good- humour , joy , and sincere devotion.1 Our merciful sovereign has been for some time past recovered of his fright : though so atrocious an attempt deserved to exterminate half the nation , yet he has been ...
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... occasion . But I submit to the stroke of Heaven : I hold the volume of Confucius in my hand , and , as I read , grow humble , and patient , and wise . We should feel sorrow , says he , but not sink under its oppression . The heart of a ...
... occasion . But I submit to the stroke of Heaven : I hold the volume of Confucius in my hand , and , as I read , grow humble , and patient , and wise . We should feel sorrow , says he , but not sink under its oppression . The heart of a ...
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... occasion : " Celestial excellence ! " I intend to say , happy I am in having found out , after many painful adventures , a land of innocence , and a people of humanity : I may rove into other climes , and converse with nations yet ...
... occasion : " Celestial excellence ! " I intend to say , happy I am in having found out , after many painful adventures , a land of innocence , and a people of humanity : I may rove into other climes , and converse with nations yet ...
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... occasions , to show himself in very great pain for the ladies : if a lady drops even a pin , he is to fly in order to present it . He never speaks to a lady without advancing his mouth to her ear , by which he frequently addresses more ...
... occasions , to show himself in very great pain for the ladies : if a lady drops even a pin , he is to fly in order to present it . He never speaks to a lady without advancing his mouth to her ear , by which he frequently addresses more ...
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