The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings, Band 4 |
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In fact , he was a sincere admirer of that great general , and avowed it upon all occasions to the last moment of his life : he knew his faults , he admired his virtues , and had the boast of being instrumental in giving lustre to those ...
In fact , he was a sincere admirer of that great general , and avowed it upon all occasions to the last moment of his life : he knew his faults , he admired his virtues , and had the boast of being instrumental in giving lustre to those ...
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... he could have done thus to disoblige all sides ; but he had learned by this time to make out happiness from the consciousness of his own designs , and to consider all the rest of mankind as uniting in a faction to oppress virtue .
... he could have done thus to disoblige all sides ; but he had learned by this time to make out happiness from the consciousness of his own designs , and to consider all the rest of mankind as uniting in a faction to oppress virtue .
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A state of exile thus incurred , he very justly shows to be rather honourable than distressful ; and indeed there are few men who will deny , that the company of strangers to virtue is better than the company of enemies to it .
A state of exile thus incurred , he very justly shows to be rather honourable than distressful ; and indeed there are few men who will deny , that the company of strangers to virtue is better than the company of enemies to it .
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... the conflict between love and friendship in the breast of Alcander on this occasion ; it is enough to say , that the Athenians were at this time arrived to such refinement in morals , that every virtue was carried to excess .
... the conflict between love and friendship in the breast of Alcander on this occasion ; it is enough to say , that the Athenians were at this time arrived to such refinement in morals , that every virtue was carried to excess .
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In this mansion of horror , laying his head upon an inverted urn , he forgot his miseries for a while in sleep ; and virtue found , on this flinty couch , more ease than down can supply to the guilty . It was midnight when two robbers ...
In this mansion of horror , laying his head upon an inverted urn , he forgot his miseries for a while in sleep ; and virtue found , on this flinty couch , more ease than down can supply to the guilty . It was midnight when two robbers ...
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