The miscellaneous works of OLiver Goldsmith [ed. by S. Rose].1812 |
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... virtues also . An Eng- lishman is taught to love his king as his friend , but to acknowledge no other master than the laws which himself has contributed to enact . He despises those nations , who , that one may be free , are all content ...
... virtues also . An Eng- lishman is taught to love his king as his friend , but to acknowledge no other master than the laws which himself has contributed to enact . He despises those nations , who , that one may be free , are all content ...
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... virtues and obstinacy sparkle in his eyes , and mark him as one destined to no mediocrity of fortune . You see , my dearest friend , what imprudence has brought thee to ; from opulence , a tender fami- ly , surrounding friends , and ...
... virtues and obstinacy sparkle in his eyes , and mark him as one destined to no mediocrity of fortune . You see , my dearest friend , what imprudence has brought thee to ; from opulence , a tender fami- ly , surrounding friends , and ...
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... virtue ; nor is there on earth a more powerful advocate for vice than poverty . As I shall endeavour to guard thee from the one , so guard thyself from the other ; and still think of me with affection and esteem . Farewell . LETTER VII ...
... virtue ; nor is there on earth a more powerful advocate for vice than poverty . As I shall endeavour to guard thee from the one , so guard thyself from the other ; and still think of me with affection and esteem . Farewell . LETTER VII ...
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... virtue , or raise a detestation of vice . Men may be very learned , and yet very misera- able ; it is easy to be a deep geometrician , or a sub- lime astronomer , but very difficult to be a good man . I esteem , therefore , the ...
... virtue , or raise a detestation of vice . Men may be very learned , and yet very misera- able ; it is easy to be a deep geometrician , or a sub- lime astronomer , but very difficult to be a good man . I esteem , therefore , the ...
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... virtue , sincerity , and truth , among the daughters of China . Adieu . LETTER IX . TO THE SAME . I HAVE been deceived ! she whom I fancied a daughter of Paradise has proved to be one of the infamous disciples of Han ! I have lost a ...
... virtue , sincerity , and truth , among the daughters of China . Adieu . LETTER IX . TO THE SAME . I HAVE been deceived ! she whom I fancied a daughter of Paradise has proved to be one of the infamous disciples of Han ! I have lost a ...
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