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“It might first happen.” says the historian, “ that men with peculiar talents * for
villainy, attempted to evade the ordinances alrea“ dy established; their practices,
therefore, soon ' brought on a new law levelled against them ; but the same
degree ...
“It might first happen.” says the historian, “ that men with peculiar talents * for
villainy, attempted to evade the ordinances alrea“ dy established; their practices,
therefore, soon ' brought on a new law levelled against them ; but the same
degree ...
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... or should it happen to be an actress, Venus, the beauteous queen of Love, and
the naked Graces are ever in waiting: the lady must be herself a goddess bred
and born ; she must—but you shall have a specimen of one of these poems, ...
... or should it happen to be an actress, Venus, the beauteous queen of Love, and
the naked Graces are ever in waiting: the lady must be herself a goddess bred
and born ; she must—but you shall have a specimen of one of these poems, ...
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It is not enough to engage all the compassion of a philosopher here, that his own
globe is harassed with wars, pestilence, or babarity, he shall grieve for the
inhabitants of the moon, if the situation of her imaginary mountains happen to
alter; ...
It is not enough to engage all the compassion of a philosopher here, that his own
globe is harassed with wars, pestilence, or babarity, he shall grieve for the
inhabitants of the moon, if the situation of her imaginary mountains happen to
alter; ...
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The missioner, however, appealed from their judgment to experience, and
challenged them to calculate an eclipse of the moon that was to happen a few
nights following. “What,” said some, “shall a Barbarian “without nails pretend to
vie with ...
The missioner, however, appealed from their judgment to experience, and
challenged them to calculate an eclipse of the moon that was to happen a few
nights following. “What,” said some, “shall a Barbarian “without nails pretend to
vie with ...
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As I consider myself in the light of a Cosmopolite, I find as much satisfaction in
scheming for the countries in which I happen to reside, as for that in which I was
born. The finest apartments in the palace of Pegu, are frequently infested with
rats.
As I consider myself in the light of a Cosmopolite, I find as much satisfaction in
scheming for the countries in which I happen to reside, as for that in which I was
born. The finest apartments in the palace of Pegu, are frequently infested with
rats.
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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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