The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith ...J. Johnson, G. and J. Robinson, W. J. and J. Richardson, 1801 |
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... measure the height of a moun- tain , to describe the cataract of a river , or tell the commodities which every country may produce ; merchants or geographers , perhaps , may find profit by such discoveries ; but what advantage can ...
... measure the height of a moun- tain , to describe the cataract of a river , or tell the commodities which every country may produce ; merchants or geographers , perhaps , may find profit by such discoveries ; but what advantage can ...
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... measure of the pa- rallax of the moon , he finds no fatisfaction at all in the information ; he wonders how any could take fuch pains , and lay out fuch treasures in order to folve fo useless a difficulty ; but connect it with his ...
... measure of the pa- rallax of the moon , he finds no fatisfaction at all in the information ; he wonders how any could take fuch pains , and lay out fuch treasures in order to folve fo useless a difficulty ; but connect it with his ...
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... it was with them one perpetual anafto- mofis . Their love was fo great , that it was thought no- thing could interrupt their mutual peace ; when an accident accident happened , which , in fome measure , dimi- 58 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
... it was with them one perpetual anafto- mofis . Their love was fo great , that it was thought no- thing could interrupt their mutual peace ; when an accident accident happened , which , in fome measure , dimi- 58 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
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Oliver Goldsmith Samuel Rose. accident happened , which , in fome measure , dimi- nifhed the hufband's affurance of his wife's fidelity ; for love so refined as his was fubject to a thousand little difquietudes . Happening to go one day ...
Oliver Goldsmith Samuel Rose. accident happened , which , in fome measure , dimi- nifhed the hufband's affurance of his wife's fidelity ; for love so refined as his was fubject to a thousand little difquietudes . Happening to go one day ...
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Oliver Goldsmith Samuel Rose. called a man of tafte , as the Chinese who measures his wisdom by the length of his nails . If then a book fpirited or humourous happens to appear in the republic of letters , feveral critics are in waiting ...
Oliver Goldsmith Samuel Rose. called a man of tafte , as the Chinese who measures his wisdom by the length of his nails . If then a book fpirited or humourous happens to appear in the republic of letters , feveral critics are in waiting ...
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