The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... perceive the defect : what , said we , among each other , are we to have nothing but languishing airs , soft looks , and inclinations of the head , will the goddess only deign to satisfy our eyes ? Upon this one of the company stepped ...
... perceive the defect : what , said we , among each other , are we to have nothing but languishing airs , soft looks , and inclinations of the head , will the goddess only deign to satisfy our eyes ? Upon this one of the company stepped ...
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... perceive I have not read the seventeen books of Chinese ceremonies to no purpose . I know the proper share of respect due to every rank in society . Stage - players , fire - eaters , singing women , dancing- dogs , wild beasts , and ...
... perceive I have not read the seventeen books of Chinese ceremonies to no purpose . I know the proper share of respect due to every rank in society . Stage - players , fire - eaters , singing women , dancing- dogs , wild beasts , and ...
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... perceiving the ticking of my watch begin- " ning to grow noisy and troublesome , I quickly pla- " ced it out of hearing , and strove to resume my se- " renity . But the watch - man soon gave me a second " alarm . 66 I had scarcely ...
... perceiving the ticking of my watch begin- " ning to grow noisy and troublesome , I quickly pla- " ced it out of hearing , and strove to resume my se- " renity . But the watch - man soon gave me a second " alarm . 66 I had scarcely ...
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... perceive the futility ; yet all combine in imposing upon each other , as worthy of praise . But chiefly this imposition obtains in literature , where men publicly contemn what they relish with rapture in private , and approve abroad ...
... perceive the futility ; yet all combine in imposing upon each other , as worthy of praise . But chiefly this imposition obtains in literature , where men publicly contemn what they relish with rapture in private , and approve abroad ...
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... long to die in that spot which gave us birth , and in that pleas- ing expectation opiate every calamity . You now therefore perceive that I have some in- tentions of leaving this country ; and yet my designed. 124 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
... long to die in that spot which gave us birth , and in that pleas- ing expectation opiate every calamity . You now therefore perceive that I have some in- tentions of leaving this country ; and yet my designed. 124 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
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