The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... things . In order therefore to prevent the Great from being thus contaminated by vulgar alliances , the obstacles to matrimony have been so contrived , that the rich only can marry amongst the rich , and the poor , who would leave ...
... things . In order therefore to prevent the Great from being thus contaminated by vulgar alliances , the obstacles to matrimony have been so contrived , that the rich only can marry amongst the rich , and the poor , who would leave ...
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... things here are so contrived , that the rich are invited to marry by that fortune which they do not want , and the poor have no inducement , but that beauty , which they do not feel . An equal diffusion of riches through any country ...
... things here are so contrived , that the rich are invited to marry by that fortune which they do not want , and the poor have no inducement , but that beauty , which they do not feel . An equal diffusion of riches through any country ...
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... thing very much resembling our- selves . When the Tartars make a Lama , their first care is to place him in a dark corner of the temple ; here he is to sit half concealed from view , to regulate the mo- tion of his hands , lips , and ...
... thing very much resembling our- selves . When the Tartars make a Lama , their first care is to place him in a dark corner of the temple ; here he is to sit half concealed from view , to regulate the mo- tion of his hands , lips , and ...
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... thing less than the insinuating address of a fine writer can win its way to an heart already relaxed in all the effeminacy of refinement . Books are necessary to correct the vices of the polite , but those vices are ever changing , and ...
... thing less than the insinuating address of a fine writer can win its way to an heart already relaxed in all the effeminacy of refinement . Books are necessary to correct the vices of the polite , but those vices are ever changing , and ...
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... thing so natural , so domestic , and pleasing , that our minds , which be- fore were congealed in admiration , now relaxed into gayety and good - humour . We had designed to pay our respects to the presiding goddess , but she was no ...
... thing so natural , so domestic , and pleasing , that our minds , which be- fore were congealed in admiration , now relaxed into gayety and good - humour . We had designed to pay our respects to the presiding goddess , but she was no ...
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