The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... poor , instead of becoming more inso- lent , they grow totally unfit for opposition . A gene- ral here , who would have faced a culverin when well , if the fit be on him , shall hardly find courage to snuff a candle . An admiral , who ...
... poor , instead of becoming more inso- lent , they grow totally unfit for opposition . A gene- ral here , who would have faced a culverin when well , if the fit be on him , shall hardly find courage to snuff a candle . An admiral , who ...
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... poor indeed of every country are but little prone to treat each other with tenderness ; their own miseries are too apt to engross all their pity ; and per- haps too they give but little commiseration , as they find but little from ...
... poor indeed of every country are but little prone to treat each other with tenderness ; their own miseries are too apt to engross all their pity ; and per- haps too they give but little commiseration , as they find but little from ...
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... poor hardly earn the little re- putation they acquired , and their merit only acknow- ledged when they were incapable of enjoying the pleasures of popularity ; such however , is the reputa- tion worth possessing , that which is hardly ...
... poor hardly earn the little re- putation they acquired , and their merit only acknow- ledged when they were incapable of enjoying the pleasures of popularity ; such however , is the reputa- tion worth possessing , that which is hardly ...
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... poor praise it because they are gain- ers by its effects ; and the opulent Seneca himself has written a treatise on benefits , though he was known to give nothing away . But among the many who have enforced the duty of giving , I am ...
... poor praise it because they are gain- ers by its effects ; and the opulent Seneca himself has written a treatise on benefits , though he was known to give nothing away . But among the many who have enforced the duty of giving , I am ...
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... poor , I think proper to inform 66 you , that I have learned the secret of poisoning man , woman , and child , without danger of detec " tion . Do not be uneasy , Sir , you may take your " choice of being poisoned in a fortnight , or ...
... poor , I think proper to inform 66 you , that I have learned the secret of poisoning man , woman , and child , without danger of detec " tion . Do not be uneasy , Sir , you may take your " choice of being poisoned in a fortnight , or ...
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