The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... town it is most unfavourable to the men . A lady who has pined whole years amidst cooing doves , and complaining nightingales in rural retirement , shall resume all her vivacity in one night at a city gambling - table ; her husband ...
... town it is most unfavourable to the men . A lady who has pined whole years amidst cooing doves , and complaining nightingales in rural retirement , shall resume all her vivacity in one night at a city gambling - table ; her husband ...
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... town , without finding any employment ; at last , however , he thought proper to take the title of his Majesty's rat- catcher in ordinary , and this succeeded beyond his ex- pectations ; when it was known that he caught rats at court ...
... town , without finding any employment ; at last , however , he thought proper to take the title of his Majesty's rat- catcher in ordinary , and this succeeded beyond his ex- pectations ; when it was known that he caught rats at court ...
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... town which let the enemy take possession of its walls , in order to show the world how little they depended upon aught but courage for safety : But bless me , what num- bers do I see here - all in black - how is it possible that half ...
... town which let the enemy take possession of its walls , in order to show the world how little they depended upon aught but courage for safety : But bless me , what num- bers do I see here - all in black - how is it possible that half ...
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... town , or desolate village in the coun- " try I have governed . I shall find some pleasure " in improving the soil ... town was found in the kingdom . Alas ! said Takupi then to the Queen , How can that country be ill - governed which ...
... town , or desolate village in the coun- " try I have governed . I shall find some pleasure " in improving the soil ... town was found in the kingdom . Alas ! said Takupi then to the Queen , How can that country be ill - governed which ...
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... town shall send up their address to a great minister which shall prove at once a satire on the mi- nister and themselves . If the favourite of the day sits . or stands , or sleeps , there are poets to put it into verse , and priests to ...
... town shall send up their address to a great minister which shall prove at once a satire on the mi- nister and themselves . If the favourite of the day sits . or stands , or sleeps , there are poets to put it into verse , and priests to ...
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