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These are apart of the many advantages which universal history has over all
others, and which have encouraged so many writers to attempt compiling works
of this kind, among the ancients as well as the moderns. Each invited by the
manifest ...
These are apart of the many advantages which universal history has over all
others, and which have encouraged so many writers to attempt compiling works
of this kind, among the ancients as well as the moderns. Each invited by the
manifest ...
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are some subjects on which a writer must decline all attempts to acquire fame,
satisfied with being obscurely useful. ... I hope, therefore, for the reader's
indulgence, if, in the following attempt, it shall appear, that my only aim was to
supply a ...
are some subjects on which a writer must decline all attempts to acquire fame,
satisfied with being obscurely useful. ... I hope, therefore, for the reader's
indulgence, if, in the following attempt, it shall appear, that my only aim was to
supply a ...
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This attempt, however, was extremely imperfect, as the great variety of Nature
was, as yet, but very inadequately known. Nevertheless, by attempting to carry on
both objects at once ; first, of directing us to the name of the things, and then
giving ...
This attempt, however, was extremely imperfect, as the great variety of Nature
was, as yet, but very inadequately known. Nevertheless, by attempting to carry on
both objects at once ; first, of directing us to the name of the things, and then
giving ...
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| Titel | The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Band 4 von The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B, Oliver Goldsmith |
| Autor/in | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Herausgeber | Samuel Rose |
| Verlag | W. Durell & Company, 1809 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 19. Nov. 2013 |
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