The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... philosopher she attempts to make her last moments the most brilliant of her life . Their civility to strangers is what they are chiefly proud of ; and to confess sincerely , their beggars are the very politest beggars I ever knew ; in ...
... philosopher she attempts to make her last moments the most brilliant of her life . Their civility to strangers is what they are chiefly proud of ; and to confess sincerely , their beggars are the very politest beggars I ever knew ; in ...
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... philosopher of China * . " He who has begun his for- " tune by study will certainly confirm it by perseve- " rance . The love of books damps the passion for " pleasure , and when this passion is once extinguish- " ed , life is then ...
... philosopher of China * . " He who has begun his for- " tune by study will certainly confirm it by perseve- " rance . The love of books damps the passion for " pleasure , and when this passion is once extinguish- " ed , life is then ...
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... philosopher of the first rank . But in our age 66 we can find but few first - rate philosophers . 66 C6 " Avoid such performances where vice assumes " the face of virtue ; seek wisdom and knowledge " without ever thinking you have found ...
... philosopher of the first rank . But in our age 66 we can find but few first - rate philosophers . 66 C6 " Avoid such performances where vice assumes " the face of virtue ; seek wisdom and knowledge " without ever thinking you have found ...
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... philosopher . " You love harmony , " says he , " and are charmed with music . I do not " blame you for hearing a fine voice , when you are in " your closet with a lovely parterre under your eye , " or in the night - time , while perhaps ...
... philosopher . " You love harmony , " says he , " and are charmed with music . I do not " blame you for hearing a fine voice , when you are in " your closet with a lovely parterre under your eye , " or in the night - time , while perhaps ...
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... philosophers I am describing have entered into long , learned , laborious disputes about what China was two thousand years ago . China and European happiness are but little connected even at this day ; but European happiness and China ...
... philosophers I am describing have entered into long , learned , laborious disputes about what China was two thousand years ago . China and European happiness are but little connected even at this day ; but European happiness and China ...
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