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... great men, seventeen very great men, and nine very extraordinary men, in less
than the compass of half a year. These, say the gazettes, are the men that
posterity are to gaze at with admiration: these the names that fame will be
employed in.
... great men, seventeen very great men, and nine very extraordinary men, in less
than the compass of half a year. These, say the gazettes, are the men that
posterity are to gaze at with admiration: these the names that fame will be
employed in.
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admiration: these the names that fame will be employed in holding up for the
astonishment of succeeding ages. Let me see—forty-six great men in half a year
amount just to ninety-two in a year—l wonder how posterity will be able to
remember ...
admiration: these the names that fame will be employed in holding up for the
astonishment of succeeding ages. Let me see—forty-six great men in half a year
amount just to ninety-two in a year—l wonder how posterity will be able to
remember ...
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I cannot sufficiently admire that spirit of honesty, which prevails through the whole
country of Siberia : perhaps the savages of that desolate region are the only
untutored people of the globe that cultivate the moral virtues, even without
knowing ...
I cannot sufficiently admire that spirit of honesty, which prevails through the whole
country of Siberia : perhaps the savages of that desolate region are the only
untutored people of the globe that cultivate the moral virtues, even without
knowing ...
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... resemble religion : attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain
method of bringing either into contempt. The weak must have their inducements
to admiration as well as the wise ; and it is the business of a sensible government
, ...
... resemble religion : attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain
method of bringing either into contempt. The weak must have their inducements
to admiration as well as the wise ; and it is the business of a sensible government
, ...
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... can brave adversity, who without friends to encourage, acquaintances to pity,
or even with: out hope to alleviate his distresses, can behave with tranquillity and
indifference, is truly great : whether peasant or courtier, he deserves admiration, ...
... can brave adversity, who without friends to encourage, acquaintances to pity,
or even with: out hope to alleviate his distresses, can behave with tranquillity and
indifference, is truly great : whether peasant or courtier, he deserves admiration, ...
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| Titel | The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Band 4 The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith |
| Autor/in | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Herausgeber | Samuel Rose |
| Verlag | Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 19. Nov. 2013 |
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