The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... manner of living which is carried on at the smallest expense of labour , and that food which is most agreeable to the appe- tite ; he will prefer indolent though precarious luxury to a laborious though permanent competence ; and a ...
... manner of living which is carried on at the smallest expense of labour , and that food which is most agreeable to the appe- tite ; he will prefer indolent though precarious luxury to a laborious though permanent competence ; and a ...
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... manner , find the sciences not only entirely useless in directing his prac- tice , but disgusting even in speculation . In every contemplation our curiosity must be first excited by the appearances of things , before our reason ...
... manner , find the sciences not only entirely useless in directing his prac- tice , but disgusting even in speculation . In every contemplation our curiosity must be first excited by the appearances of things , before our reason ...
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... manner he led a repining , discontented life , detest- " ing himself , and displeased with his ill - judged am- " bition , till at last his benefactor Wistnow , taking " compassion on his forlorn situation , restored him to " the ...
... manner he led a repining , discontented life , detest- " ing himself , and displeased with his ill - judged am- " bition , till at last his benefactor Wistnow , taking " compassion on his forlorn situation , restored him to " the ...
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... manner in which he left me to live ; ( and pointing to the straw on which he was stretched , ) and you see the manner in which he leaves me to die ! But the sufferings of the poet in other countries is nothing when compared to his ...
... manner in which he left me to live ; ( and pointing to the straw on which he was stretched , ) and you see the manner in which he leaves me to die ! But the sufferings of the poet in other countries is nothing when compared to his ...
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... manner of the other , be preferable ? what care I if one has a better top , or the other a nobler bottom ? how am I concerned if one sings , from the stomach , or the other sings with a snap ? Yet paltry as these matters are , they make ...
... manner of the other , be preferable ? what care I if one has a better top , or the other a nobler bottom ? how am I concerned if one sings , from the stomach , or the other sings with a snap ? Yet paltry as these matters are , they make ...
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