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It would now be thought a very indifferent sign of a writer ' s good sense , to
disclaim his private friends for happening to be of a different party in politics ; but
it was then otherwise , the whig wits held the tory wits in great contempt , and
these ...
It would now be thought a very indifferent sign of a writer ' s good sense , to
disclaim his private friends for happening to be of a different party in politics ; but
it was then otherwise , the whig wits held the tory wits in great contempt , and
these ...
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This was an offer by much too advantageous for Bolingbroke , in his wretched
circumstances , to refuse ; he embraced it , as became him to do , with all
possible sense of the king ' s goodness , and of the ambassador ' s friendship .
They had ...
This was an offer by much too advantageous for Bolingbroke , in his wretched
circumstances , to refuse ; he embraced it , as became him to do , with all
possible sense of the king ' s goodness , and of the ambassador ' s friendship .
They had ...
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In this extended sense of the word , it comprehends the practice of every virtue
which reason prescribes , or society should expect . Our duty to our Maker , to
each other , and to ourselves , are fully answered , if we give them what we owe
them ...
In this extended sense of the word , it comprehends the practice of every virtue
which reason prescribes , or society should expect . Our duty to our Maker , to
each other , and to ourselves , are fully answered , if we give them what we owe
them ...
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One of these , with a ' face screwed up into affectation , tells you , that fools may
admire , but men of sense only approve . Thus , lest he should rise in rapture at
any thing new , he keeps down every passion but pride and self - importance ...
One of these , with a ' face screwed up into affectation , tells you , that fools may
admire , but men of sense only approve . Thus , lest he should rise in rapture at
any thing new , he keeps down every passion but pride and self - importance ...
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The simplicity may be ridiculed at first ; but when we come to examine it more
closely , men of sense will at once confess that he had reason in what he said ,
and that a purse of two thousand guineas is much more serviceable than a
picture .
The simplicity may be ridiculed at first ; but when we come to examine it more
closely , men of sense will at once confess that he had reason in what he said ,
and that a purse of two thousand guineas is much more serviceable than a
picture .
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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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