The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The CItizen of the world. Polite learning in EuropeG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... Lien Chi Altangi . The Chinese are particularly ceremonious in their mourning for dead relations , of which there is a ludicrous , but scarcely exaggerated description given in the following Letters , in Fum Hoam's behaviour on the ...
... Lien Chi Altangi . The Chinese are particularly ceremonious in their mourning for dead relations , of which there is a ludicrous , but scarcely exaggerated description given in the following Letters , in Fum Hoam's behaviour on the ...
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Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. LETTER II . Merchant in Amsterdam . From Lien Chi Altangi , to ARRIVAL OF THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER IN LONDON - HIS MOTIVES FOR THE JOURNEY - SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE STREETS AND HOUSES . LONDON . FRIEND OF ...
Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. LETTER II . Merchant in Amsterdam . From Lien Chi Altangi , to ARRIVAL OF THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER IN LONDON - HIS MOTIVES FOR THE JOURNEY - SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE STREETS AND HOUSES . LONDON . FRIEND OF ...
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... Chinese languages . Dear friend , think of my absence with regret , as I sincerely regret yours ; even while I write , I lament our separation . Farewell . 1 Addison had previously said of ... Lien Chi Altangi , to the 16 GOLDSMITH'S WORKS .
... Chinese languages . Dear friend , think of my absence with regret , as I sincerely regret yours ; even while I write , I lament our separation . Farewell . 1 Addison had previously said of ... Lien Chi Altangi , to the 16 GOLDSMITH'S WORKS .
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Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. LETTER III . From Lien Chi Altangi , to the care of Fipsihi , resident in Moscow , to be forwarded by the Russian caravan to Fum Hoam , First President of the Ceremonial Academy at Pekin , in China . THE ...
Oliver Goldsmith J. W. M. Gibbs. LETTER III . From Lien Chi Altangi , to the care of Fipsihi , resident in Moscow , to be forwarded by the Russian caravan to Fum Hoam , First President of the Ceremonial Academy at Pekin , in China . THE ...
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... Lien Chi Altangi , the Discontented Wanderer ; by the way of Moscow . HAPPINESS LOST BY SEEKING AFTER REFINEMENT - THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER'S DISGRACES . WHETHER sporting on the flowery banks of the river Irtis , or scaling the steepy ...
... Lien Chi Altangi , the Discontented Wanderer ; by the way of Moscow . HAPPINESS LOST BY SEEKING AFTER REFINEMENT - THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER'S DISGRACES . WHETHER sporting on the flowery banks of the river Irtis , or scaling the steepy ...
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