The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... English subject to the spleen , XC . The influence of climate and soil upon the temper and dispositions of the English , XCI . The manner in which some philosophers make artificial misery , XCII . The fondness of some to admire the wri ...
... English subject to the spleen , XC . The influence of climate and soil upon the temper and dispositions of the English , XCI . The manner in which some philosophers make artificial misery , XCII . The fondness of some to admire the wri ...
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... English too fond of believing every report without examination . A sto- ry of an incendiary to this pur- pose , The utility and entertainment which might result from a journey into the East , . CVIII . The Chinese philosopher attempts ...
... English too fond of believing every report without examination . A sto- ry of an incendiary to this pur- pose , The utility and entertainment which might result from a journey into the East , . CVIII . The Chinese philosopher attempts ...
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Oliver Goldsmith Samuel Rose. Letter Page CXIX . On the absurdity of some late English titles , . 190 CXX . The irresolution of the English ac- counted for ,. 193 CXXI . The manner of travellers in their usual relations , ridiculed , 196 ...
Oliver Goldsmith Samuel Rose. Letter Page CXIX . On the absurdity of some late English titles , . 190 CXX . The irresolution of the English ac- counted for ,. 193 CXXI . The manner of travellers in their usual relations , ridiculed , 196 ...
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... English laws punish vice , the Chinese laws do more , they reward virtue ! Considering the little encouragement given to ma- trimony here , I am not surprised at the discourage- ments given to propagation . Would you believe it , my ...
... English laws punish vice , the Chinese laws do more , they reward virtue ! Considering the little encouragement given to ma- trimony here , I am not surprised at the discourage- ments given to propagation . Would you believe it , my ...
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... English philosopher , compares money to manure ; if gathered in heaps , says he , it does no good ; on the contrary , it becomes offensive . But be- ing spread , though never so thinly , over the surface of the earth , it enriches the ...
... English philosopher , compares money to manure ; if gathered in heaps , says he , it does no good ; on the contrary , it becomes offensive . But be- ing spread , though never so thinly , over the surface of the earth , it enriches the ...
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