The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 1A. and W. Galignani and Jules Didot, 1825 |
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... Burchell . But it is the moral of the work which entitles the author to the praise of supereminent merit in this species of writing . No writer has arrived more successfully at the great ends of a moralist . By the finest examples , he ...
... Burchell . But it is the moral of the work which entitles the author to the praise of supereminent merit in this species of writing . No writer has arrived more successfully at the great ends of a moralist . By the finest examples , he ...
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... Burchell . But it is the moral of the work which entitles the author to the praise of supereminent merit in this species of writing . No writer has arrived more successfully at the great ends of a moralist . By the finest examples , he ...
... Burchell . But it is the moral of the work which entitles the author to the praise of supereminent merit in this species of writing . No writer has arrived more successfully at the great ends of a moralist . By the finest examples , he ...
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... BURCHELL , our new compa- nion , walked along the foot - path by the road - side , observ- ing with a smile , that as we were ill mounted , he would be too generous to attempt leaving us behind . As the floods were not yet subsided , we ...
... BURCHELL , our new compa- nion , walked along the foot - path by the road - side , observ- ing with a smile , that as we were ill mounted , he would be too generous to attempt leaving us behind . As the floods were not yet subsided , we ...
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... Burchell's account , that I scarcely looked forward as he went along , till we were alarmed by the cries of my family , when turn- ing , I perceived my youngest daughter in the midst of a rapid stream , thrown from her horse , and ...
... Burchell's account , that I scarcely looked forward as he went along , till we were alarmed by the cries of my family , when turn- ing , I perceived my youngest daughter in the midst of a rapid stream , thrown from her horse , and ...
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... Burchell was going to a dif- ferent part of the country , he took leave ; and we pursued our journey : my wife observing as he went , that she liked him extremely , and protesting , that if he had birth and fortune to entitle him to ...
... Burchell was going to a dif- ferent part of the country , he took leave ; and we pursued our journey : my wife observing as he went , that she liked him extremely , and protesting , that if he had birth and fortune to entitle him to ...
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