The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 1A. and W. Galignani, 1825 |
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... piece never was completed , nor did he afterwards attempt any thing in the same line . His project respecting the Written Mountains , was certainly an undertaking of a most extravagant description ; but , if we consider how little ...
... piece never was completed , nor did he afterwards attempt any thing in the same line . His project respecting the Written Mountains , was certainly an undertaking of a most extravagant description ; but , if we consider how little ...
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... , trifling as it is ; for should I ask myself one serious question , What is it I want ? --what can I answer ? My desires are as capricious as the big- C. bellied woman's who longed for a piece of her husband's OF DR GOLDSMITH . XXXV.
... , trifling as it is ; for should I ask myself one serious question , What is it I want ? --what can I answer ? My desires are as capricious as the big- C. bellied woman's who longed for a piece of her husband's OF DR GOLDSMITH . XXXV.
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Oliver Goldsmith. bellied woman's who longed for a piece of her husband's nose . I have no certainty , it is true ; but why cannot I do as some men of more merit , who have lived on more precarious terms ? Scarron used jestingly to call ...
Oliver Goldsmith. bellied woman's who longed for a piece of her husband's nose . I have no certainty , it is true ; but why cannot I do as some men of more merit , who have lived on more precarious terms ? Scarron used jestingly to call ...
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... pieces , and at the same time was introduced by his means as a writer in the Public Ledger , to which he contributed Chinese Letters , afterwards published under the title of « The Citizen of the World , " At this time also , Goldsmith ...
... pieces , and at the same time was introduced by his means as a writer in the Public Ledger , to which he contributed Chinese Letters , afterwards published under the title of « The Citizen of the World , " At this time also , Goldsmith ...
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... pieces , originally contributed to various maga- zines , were collected and published for his own benefit , in one volume , under the title of « Essays . » These , in their general scope and tendency bear some analogy to the letters of ...
... pieces , originally contributed to various maga- zines , were collected and published for his own benefit , in one volume , under the title of « Essays . » These , in their general scope and tendency bear some analogy to the letters of ...
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