Oliver GoldsmithH. Holt, 1935 - 326 pages |
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Page 13
... pleasure in Ovid and Horace , Livy and Tacitus . It seems also that here Oliver began to be to the fore when any fun was going ; for though small , he was stocky and active and a great player of hand- ball - then the national sport ...
... pleasure in Ovid and Horace , Livy and Tacitus . It seems also that here Oliver began to be to the fore when any fun was going ; for though small , he was stocky and active and a great player of hand- ball - then the national sport ...
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... pleasure increased in proportion to the pleasure he gave ; he loved all the world , and he fancied all the world loved him . As his fortune was but small , he lived up to the very extent of it ; he had no intention of leaving his ...
... pleasure increased in proportion to the pleasure he gave ; he loved all the world , and he fancied all the world loved him . As his fortune was but small , he lived up to the very extent of it ; he had no intention of leaving his ...
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... pleasure ever serving to repress the other : and if we find a person of full age plac- ing a principal part of his happiness in the nature and quality of his food , we have strong reason to suspect , that with respect to his other ...
... pleasure ever serving to repress the other : and if we find a person of full age plac- ing a principal part of his happiness in the nature and quality of his food , we have strong reason to suspect , that with respect to his other ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE SCHOOLBOY I | 1 |
THE COLLEGIAN | 20 |
IN SEARCH OF A PROFESSION | 40 |
Copyright | |
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