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It is, indeed, too frequently mistaken as to the merits of every candidate for favour;
but to make amends, it is never mistaken long. A performance indeed may be
forced for a time into reputation, but destitute of real merit it soon sinks; time, the ...
It is, indeed, too frequently mistaken as to the merits of every candidate for favour;
but to make amends, it is never mistaken long. A performance indeed may be
forced for a time into reputation, but destitute of real merit it soon sinks; time, the ...
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I am become a perfect epicure in reading; plain beef or solid mutton, will never do
. I am for a Chinese dish of bear's claws, and bird's nests. I am for sauce strong
with assafoetida, or fuming with garlic. For this reason there are a hundred very ...
I am become a perfect epicure in reading; plain beef or solid mutton, will never do
. I am for a Chinese dish of bear's claws, and bird's nests. I am for sauce strong
with assafoetida, or fuming with garlic. For this reason there are a hundred very ...
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Never, says he, for they always grow young by the way. No, Sir, continued I, the
men of Asia behave with more deference to the sex than you secm to imagine. As
you of Europe say grace, upon sitting down to dinner, so it is the custom in ...
Never, says he, for they always grow young by the way. No, Sir, continued I, the
men of Asia behave with more deference to the sex than you secm to imagine. As
you of Europe say grace, upon sitting down to dinner, so it is the custom in ...
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I found that she had just returned from abroad, and had been conversant in the
manners of the world. Curiosity prompted me to ask several questions, but she
declined them all. I own I never found myself. K 2 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD. 113.
I found that she had just returned from abroad, and had been conversant in the
manners of the world. Curiosity prompted me to ask several questions, but she
declined them all. I own I never found myself. K 2 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD. 113.
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and are taught to manage games of skill from their infancy, yet they never pursue
ill-fortune with such amazing intrepidity. Indeed I may entirely acquit them of ever
playing—I mean of playing for their eyes or their teeth. It is true, they often stake ...
and are taught to manage games of skill from their infancy, yet they never pursue
ill-fortune with such amazing intrepidity. Indeed I may entirely acquit them of ever
playing—I mean of playing for their eyes or their teeth. It is true, they often stake ...
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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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