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Several of their letters , now before me , are proofs of this ; and as they have
never appeared before , it is probable the reader will be much better pleased with
their idle effusions , than with any thing I can hammer out for his amusement .
Several of their letters , now before me , are proofs of this ; and as they have
never appeared before , it is probable the reader will be much better pleased with
their idle effusions , than with any thing I can hammer out for his amusement .
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Like the Bee , which I had taken for the title of my paper , I would rove from flower
to flower , with seeming inattention , but concealed choice , expatiate over all the
beauties of the season , and make my industry my amusement . This reply may ...
Like the Bee , which I had taken for the title of my paper , I would rove from flower
to flower , with seeming inattention , but concealed choice , expatiate over all the
beauties of the season , and make my industry my amusement . This reply may ...
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I regarded the whole company , now passing in review before me , as drawn out
merely for my amusement . For my entertainment the beauty had all that morning
been improving her charms , the beau had put on lace , and the young doctor a ...
I regarded the whole company , now passing in review before me , as drawn out
merely for my amusement . For my entertainment the beauty had all that morning
been improving her charms , the beau had put on lace , and the young doctor a ...
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... refinements on happiness , but could be pleased with the most awkward efforts
of rustic mirth ; thought cross - purposes the highest stretch of human wit , and
questions and commands the most rational amusement for spending the evening
.
... refinements on happiness , but could be pleased with the most awkward efforts
of rustic mirth ; thought cross - purposes the highest stretch of human wit , and
questions and commands the most rational amusement for spending the evening
.
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Writers of every age have endeavoured to show that pleasure is in us , and not in
the objects offered for our amusement . If the soul be happily disposed , every
thing becomes a subject of entertainment , and distress will allike the figures of a
...
Writers of every age have endeavoured to show that pleasure is in us , and not in
the objects offered for our amusement . If the soul be happily disposed , every
thing becomes a subject of entertainment , and distress will allike the figures of a
...
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| Titel | The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Band 4 Coll. of Engl. lit Collection of English literature The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Oliver Goldsmith |
| Autor/in | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Herausgeber | Washington Irving |
| Verlag | A. and W. Galignani and Jules Didot, 1825 |
| Original von | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 21. Sept. 2010 |
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