The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and PoemsA. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1792 - 286 pages |
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... beft attempts in this way , have fallen victims to the tranfient topics of the times , the Ghoft in Cock- lane , or the fiege of Tyconderago . But though they have passed pretty filently in the world , I can by no means complain of the ...
... beft attempts in this way , have fallen victims to the tranfient topics of the times , the Ghoft in Cock- lane , or the fiege of Tyconderago . But though they have passed pretty filently in the world , I can by no means complain of the ...
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... beft Philofophy . W HEN I reflect on the unambitious retirement in which I paffed the earlier part of my life in the country , I cannot avoid feeling fome pain in thinking that thofe happy days are never to return . In that retreat ...
... beft Philofophy . W HEN I reflect on the unambitious retirement in which I paffed the earlier part of my life in the country , I cannot avoid feeling fome pain in thinking that thofe happy days are never to return . In that retreat ...
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... beft a fhort - lived paffion , and seldom affords dif- trefs more than a tranfitory affiftance : with fome , it fcarce lafts from the first impulfe till the hand can be put into the pocket ; with others , it may continue for twice that ...
... beft a fhort - lived paffion , and seldom affords dif- trefs more than a tranfitory affiftance : with fome , it fcarce lafts from the first impulfe till the hand can be put into the pocket ; with others , it may continue for twice that ...
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... beft , indifferent in its nature , and not unfrequently even turns to vice . The expences of fociety , of prefents , of entertainments , and the other helps to cheerfulness , are actions merely indifferent , when not repugnant to a ...
... beft , indifferent in its nature , and not unfrequently even turns to vice . The expences of fociety , of prefents , of entertainments , and the other helps to cheerfulness , are actions merely indifferent , when not repugnant to a ...
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... beft clothes for Sundays ; the puny pedant , who finds one undif covered quality in the polype , or describes an un- heeded procefs in the skeleton of a mole , and whose mind , like his microscope , perceives nature only in detail ; the ...
... beft clothes for Sundays ; the puny pedant , who finds one undif covered quality in the polype , or describes an un- heeded procefs in the skeleton of a mole , and whose mind , like his microscope , perceives nature only in detail ; the ...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and Poems Oliver Goldsmith Affichage du livre entier - 1793 |
The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and Poems Oliver Goldsmith Affichage du livre entier - 1786 |
The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith. Containing All His Essays and Poems Oliver Goldsmith Aucun aperçu disponible - 2018 |
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Afem affembly affured almoſt aſk beauty becauſe beft beſt breaſt cauſe charms cried defire diftrefs drefs eaſe ESSAY ev'n faid falute fame faſhion fays fcarce fecret feek feemed feen fent ferve fhall fhort fhould filk fince fincere firft firſt fmiling fociety fome fomething fometimes fond foon forrow fortune friendſhip ftand ftill ftory fubject fuch fure genius Genius of Love give happineſs heart himſelf honour houſe increaſe inftruction inſtead juft juftice lady laft laſt learning leaſt lefs mafter mifery Mifs mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve occafion paffed paffion perceived perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible poor praiſe prefent pride reafon refolved reft rife ſaid ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhort ſkill ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtory thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand ufual univerfal uſeful virtue whoſe wiſdom
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Page 170 - Frenchmen : we had no arms ; but one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time : so we went down to the door, where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence, nine of us ran together to the quay...
Page xi - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.