The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... modern philosopher of China , LXXXIII . The anecdotes of several foets , who lived and died in circumstances of wretchedness , LXXXIV . The trifling squabbles of stage - play- ers ridiculed , LXXXV The races of Newmarket ridiculed . The ...
... modern philosopher of China , LXXXIII . The anecdotes of several foets , who lived and died in circumstances of wretchedness , LXXXIV . The trifling squabbles of stage - play- ers ridiculed , LXXXV The races of Newmarket ridiculed . The ...
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... modern manufacture ! What at first view appeared an inconsistence , is a proof at once of this people's wisdom and refinement . Even allowing the works of their ancestors better written than theirs , yet those of the moderns acquire a ...
... modern manufacture ! What at first view appeared an inconsistence , is a proof at once of this people's wisdom and refinement . Even allowing the works of their ancestors better written than theirs , yet those of the moderns acquire a ...
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... modern books is like sitting with a friend ; our pride is not flattered in the interview , but it gives more internal satisfaction . In proportion as society refines , new books must ever become more necessary . Savage rusticity is re ...
... modern books is like sitting with a friend ; our pride is not flattered in the interview , but it gives more internal satisfaction . In proportion as society refines , new books must ever become more necessary . Savage rusticity is re ...
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... they executed but slowly ; during the interval , the mercer entertained me with the modern manner of some of the nobility receiving company in their morning gowns ; Perhaps Sir , adds he , you have a mind to. 34 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
... they executed but slowly ; during the interval , the mercer entertained me with the modern manner of some of the nobility receiving company in their morning gowns ; Perhaps Sir , adds he , you have a mind to. 34 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
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... modern audience pleasure . One player shines in an exclamation , another in a groan , a third in a horror , a fourth in a start , a fifth in a smile , a sixth faints , and a seventh fidgets round the stage with peculiar vivaci- ty ...
... modern audience pleasure . One player shines in an exclamation , another in a groan , a third in a horror , a fourth in a start , a fifth in a smile , a sixth faints , and a seventh fidgets round the stage with peculiar vivaci- ty ...
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