The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... improve the breed : so in those countries , where marriage is most free , the in- habitants are found every age to improve in stature and in beauty ; on the contrary , where it is confined to a cast , a tribe , or an horde. 16 CITIZEN OF ...
... improve the breed : so in those countries , where marriage is most free , the in- habitants are found every age to improve in stature and in beauty ; on the contrary , where it is confined to a cast , a tribe , or an horde. 16 CITIZEN OF ...
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... improvement with which to surprise , yet still we love it ; destitute of every enjoyment still we love it : husband the wasting treasure with increased frugality , and feel all the poignancy of anguish in the fatal se- paration . Sir ...
... improvement with which to surprise , yet still we love it ; destitute of every enjoyment still we love it : husband the wasting treasure with increased frugality , and feel all the poignancy of anguish in the fatal se- paration . Sir ...
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... improving the com- mon weal . The dullest writer talks of virtue , and li- berty , and benevolence with esteem ; tells his true story , filled with good and wholesome advice ; warns against slavery , bribery , or the bite of a mad dog ...
... improving the com- mon weal . The dullest writer talks of virtue , and li- berty , and benevolence with esteem ; tells his true story , filled with good and wholesome advice ; warns against slavery , bribery , or the bite of a mad dog ...
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... improves in my esteem ; the more I know her mind , her beau- ty becomes more poignant ; she appears charming , even among the daughters of Circassia . Yet were I to examine her beauty with the art of a statuary , I should find numbers ...
... improves in my esteem ; the more I know her mind , her beau- ty becomes more poignant ; she appears charming , even among the daughters of Circassia . Yet were I to examine her beauty with the art of a statuary , I should find numbers ...
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... , so formed as she is by Nature ? If she had a com- mon face , indeed , there might be some reason for think- ing to improve it ; but when features are already per fect . every alteration would but impair them . A. CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
... , so formed as she is by Nature ? If she had a com- mon face , indeed , there might be some reason for think- ing to improve it ; but when features are already per fect . every alteration would but impair them . A. CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
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