The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... present they have laid their hoops aside , and are become as slim as mermaids . All , all is in a state of continual fluctuation , from the Mandarine's wife , who rattles through the streets in her chariot , to the humble sempstress ...
... present they have laid their hoops aside , and are become as slim as mermaids . All , all is in a state of continual fluctuation , from the Mandarine's wife , who rattles through the streets in her chariot , to the humble sempstress ...
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... present manner of dressing . A lady's train is not bought but at some expense , and after it has swept the public walks for a very few evenings , it is fit to be worn no longer : more silk must be bought in order to repair the breach ...
... present manner of dressing . A lady's train is not bought but at some expense , and after it has swept the public walks for a very few evenings , it is fit to be worn no longer : more silk must be bought in order to repair the breach ...
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... present property , but he is possessed of no property which he is afraid to lose , and desires no more than will be sufficient to sustain him ; to enter into compacts with others , would be undergoing a voluntary obligation without the ...
... present property , but he is possessed of no property which he is afraid to lose , and desires no more than will be sufficient to sustain him ; to enter into compacts with others , would be undergoing a voluntary obligation without the ...
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... present themselves to the inhabitant of a bar- barous country ; the game he hunts , or the transient cottage he builds , make up the chief objects of his concern ; his curiosity therefore must be proportionably less ; and if that is ...
... present themselves to the inhabitant of a bar- barous country ; the game he hunts , or the transient cottage he builds , make up the chief objects of his concern ; his curiosity therefore must be proportionably less ; and if that is ...
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... present , careless of the future , his conversation that of a man of sense , his actions those of a fool ! of fortitude able to stand unmoved at the bursting of an earthquake , yet of sen- sibility to be affected by the breaking of a ...
... present , careless of the future , his conversation that of a man of sense , his actions those of a fool ! of fortitude able to stand unmoved at the bursting of an earthquake , yet of sen- sibility to be affected by the breaking of a ...
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