The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 4A. and W. Galignani and Jules Didot, 1825 |
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... death itself to the appearance of a temporary friend- ship . Nothing could have been more weak and injudicious than their mutual animosities at this juncture ; and it may be asserted with truth , that men who were unable to sup- press ...
... death itself to the appearance of a temporary friend- ship . Nothing could have been more weak and injudicious than their mutual animosities at this juncture ; and it may be asserted with truth , that men who were unable to sup- press ...
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... death . But this was not the worst ; for his mortifications were continually heightened by the daily humiliation of waiting at the door of the apartment where the regency sat , with a bag in his hand , and being all the time , as it ...
... death . But this was not the worst ; for his mortifications were continually heightened by the daily humiliation of waiting at the door of the apartment where the regency sat , with a bag in his hand , and being all the time , as it ...
Page 55
... mercy of numbers . Into such company , exclaims our noble writer , was I fallen for my sins . Still , however , he went on , steering in the wide ocean without a compass , till the death of Louis XIV . , LORD BOLINGBROKE . 55.
... mercy of numbers . Into such company , exclaims our noble writer , was I fallen for my sins . Still , however , he went on , steering in the wide ocean without a compass , till the death of Louis XIV . , LORD BOLINGBROKE . 55.
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... death of Louis XIV . , and the arrival of the ' Duke of Ormond at Paris , rendered all his endeavours abortive : yet , notwithstanding these unfavourable cir- cumstances , he still continued to dispatch several mes- sages and directions ...
... death of Louis XIV . , and the arrival of the ' Duke of Ormond at Paris , rendered all his endeavours abortive : yet , notwithstanding these unfavourable cir- cumstances , he still continued to dispatch several mes- sages and directions ...
Page 58
... death to his grand- son the King of Spain , and had obtained from him a pro- mise of forty thousand crowns . A small part of this sum had been received by the queen's treasurer at St Germain's , and had been sent to Scotland , or ...
... death to his grand- son the King of Spain , and had obtained from him a pro- mise of forty thousand crowns . A small part of this sum had been received by the queen's treasurer at St Germain's , and had been sent to Scotland , or ...
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