The miscellaneous works of OLiver Goldsmith [ed. by S. Rose].1812 |
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... leaving Holland , and which I was ignorant of till my ar- rival in London , I must beg leave to return . You have been bred a merchant , and I a scholar ; you consequently love money better than 1. You can find pleasure in superfluity ...
... leaving Holland , and which I was ignorant of till my ar- rival in London , I must beg leave to return . You have been bred a merchant , and I a scholar ; you consequently love money better than 1. You can find pleasure in superfluity ...
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... leaving China , contrary to the rules of our government , and the immemorial custom of the empire , has produced the most terri- ble effects . Your wife , daughter , and the rest of your family , have been seized by his order , and ...
... leaving China , contrary to the rules of our government , and the immemorial custom of the empire , has produced the most terri- ble effects . Your wife , daughter , and the rest of your family , have been seized by his order , and ...
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... leaves home to mend himself and others , is a philosopher ; but he who goes from country to country , guided by the blind impulse of curiosity , is only a vagabond . From Zerdusht down to him of Tyanea , I honour all those great names ...
... leaves home to mend himself and others , is a philosopher ; but he who goes from country to country , guided by the blind impulse of curiosity , is only a vagabond . From Zerdusht down to him of Tyanea , I honour all those great names ...
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... leave only because they do not care to see him in pain . In short , an hundred stratagems are used to make him do what he might have been induced to perform only by being told , Sir , you are past all hopes , and had as good think ...
... leave only because they do not care to see him in pain . In short , an hundred stratagems are used to make him do what he might have been induced to perform only by being told , Sir , you are past all hopes , and had as good think ...
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... Leaving this part of the temple , we made up to an iron gate , through which my companion told me we were to pass in order to see the monuments of the kings . kings . Accordingly I marched up without farther ceremony , CITIZEN OF THE ...
... Leaving this part of the temple , we made up to an iron gate , through which my companion told me we were to pass in order to see the monuments of the kings . kings . Accordingly I marched up without farther ceremony , CITIZEN OF THE ...
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