The miscellaneous works of OLiver Goldsmith [ed. by S. Rose].1812 |
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... becoming more beautiful than Na- ture made us ; and this is so harmless a vanity that I not only pardon but approve it : a desire to be more excellent than others is what actually makes us so , and , as thousands find a livelihood in ...
... becoming more beautiful than Na- ture made us ; and this is so harmless a vanity that I not only pardon but approve it : a desire to be more excellent than others is what actually makes us so , and , as thousands find a livelihood in ...
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... my apprehensions is for our freedom ; if the French should conquer , what would become of English liberty . My dear friends liberty is the the Englishman's prerogative ; we must preserve that at the 10 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
... my apprehensions is for our freedom ; if the French should conquer , what would become of English liberty . My dear friends liberty is the the Englishman's prerogative ; we must preserve that at the 10 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
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... become conquerors by more weapons of destruction than their eyes . This universal passion for politics is gratified by Daily Gazettes , as with us at China . But as in ours the emperor endeavours to instruct his peo- ple , in theirs the ...
... become conquerors by more weapons of destruction than their eyes . This universal passion for politics is gratified by Daily Gazettes , as with us at China . But as in ours the emperor endeavours to instruct his peo- ple , in theirs the ...
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... becomes most wise who makes the most judicious selection . Farewell . LETTER V. TO THE SAME . I HAVE already informed you of the singular pas- sion of this nation for politics . An Englishman not satisfied with finding , by his own ...
... becomes most wise who makes the most judicious selection . Farewell . LETTER V. TO THE SAME . I HAVE already informed you of the singular pas- sion of this nation for politics . An Englishman not satisfied with finding , by his own ...
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... becomes a comment on the past , and I improve rather in hu- mility than wisdom . Their laws and religion forbid the English to keep more than one woman ; I therefore concluded that prostitutes were banished from society ; I was de ...
... becomes a comment on the past , and I improve rather in hu- mility than wisdom . Their laws and religion forbid the English to keep more than one woman ; I therefore concluded that prostitutes were banished from society ; I was de ...
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