The miscellaneous works of OLiver Goldsmith [ed. by S. Rose].1812 |
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... object strikes with wonder and surprise . The imagination , still unsated , seems the only active principle of the * We find a repetition of this beautiful and affecting image in the Traveller . ' And drags at each remove a lengthening ...
... object strikes with wonder and surprise . The imagination , still unsated , seems the only active principle of the * We find a repetition of this beautiful and affecting image in the Traveller . ' And drags at each remove a lengthening ...
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... objects with each other , which were before examined without reflection . Behold me then in London , gazing at the stran- gers , and they at me ; it seems they find somewhat absurd in my figure ; and had I been never from Irome , it is ...
... objects with each other , which were before examined without reflection . Behold me then in London , gazing at the stran- gers , and they at me ; it seems they find somewhat absurd in my figure ; and had I been never from Irome , it is ...
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... object without being sul- lied by any . The wheel of fortune turns incessantly round ; round ; and who can say within himself I shall 20 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . Happiness lost by seeking after refinement The tie of wisdom only to make us ...
... object without being sul- lied by any . The wheel of fortune turns incessantly round ; round ; and who can say within himself I shall 20 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . Happiness lost by seeking after refinement The tie of wisdom only to make us ...
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... object of that wisdom was to be happy . My attendance on your lectures , my con- ferences with the missionaries of Europe , and all my subsequent adventures upon quitting China , were calculated to encrease the sphere of my happiness ...
... object of that wisdom was to be happy . My attendance on your lectures , my con- ferences with the missionaries of Europe , and all my subsequent adventures upon quitting China , were calculated to encrease the sphere of my happiness ...
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... object to my homely appearance ; they feel no repugnance at my broad face and flat nose ; they perceive me to be a stranger , and that alone is a sufficient recommendation . They even seem to think it their duty to do the honours of the ...
... object to my homely appearance ; they feel no repugnance at my broad face and flat nose ; they perceive me to be a stranger , and that alone is a sufficient recommendation . They even seem to think it their duty to do the honours of the ...
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