The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... whole country . Thus the wealth a nation possesses must expatiate , or it is of no benefit to the public ; it becomes rather a grievance where matrimonial laws thus confine it to a few . But this restraint upon matrimonial community ...
... whole country . Thus the wealth a nation possesses must expatiate , or it is of no benefit to the public ; it becomes rather a grievance where matrimonial laws thus confine it to a few . But this restraint upon matrimonial community ...
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... whole country church ; I would as soon turn tail and make love to her grandmother . I can conceive no other reason for thus loading ma- trimony with so many prohibitions , unless it be that the country was thought already too populous ...
... whole country church ; I would as soon turn tail and make love to her grandmother . I can conceive no other reason for thus loading ma- trimony with so many prohibitions , unless it be that the country was thought already too populous ...
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... whole fraternity in a roar ; nor can he es- cape , even though he should fly to nobility for shelter . Thus even dunces , my friend , may make themselves useful . But there are others whom Nature has blest with talents above the rest of ...
... whole fraternity in a roar ; nor can he es- cape , even though he should fly to nobility for shelter . Thus even dunces , my friend , may make themselves useful . But there are others whom Nature has blest with talents above the rest of ...
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... whole offering a prospect of plea- sure without end . The valley of the Graces on the other hand seemed by no means so inviting ; the streams and the groves appeared just as they usually do in frequented countries : no magnificent ...
... whole offering a prospect of plea- sure without end . The valley of the Graces on the other hand seemed by no means so inviting ; the streams and the groves appeared just as they usually do in frequented countries : no magnificent ...
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... whole econ- omy . To this speech I gave no reply , but made the best of my way to the valley of the Graces . Here I found all those who before had been my companions in the re gion of beauty , now upon the same errand . As we entered ...
... whole econ- omy . To this speech I gave no reply , but made the best of my way to the valley of the Graces . Here I found all those who before had been my companions in the re gion of beauty , now upon the same errand . As we entered ...
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