The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volumen 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... Cicero observes , that we behold with transport and enthusiasm the little barren spot , or ruins of a house , in which a person celebrated for his wisdom , his valour , or his learning , lived . When he coasted along the shores of ...
... Cicero observes , that we behold with transport and enthusiasm the little barren spot , or ruins of a house , in which a person celebrated for his wisdom , his valour , or his learning , lived . When he coasted along the shores of ...
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... Cicero than any English author has yet arrived at ; but perhaps had Cicero written in English , his composition would have greatly exceeded that of our country- man . The diction of the latter is beautiful , but such beauty , as upon ...
... Cicero than any English author has yet arrived at ; but perhaps had Cicero written in English , his composition would have greatly exceeded that of our country- man . The diction of the latter is beautiful , but such beauty , as upon ...
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... Cicero , which he will soon read to the society . V. " All them who brings a new argument against reli- gion , and who being a philosopher , and a man of learn- ing , as the rest of us is , shall be admitted to the freedom of the ...
... Cicero , which he will soon read to the society . V. " All them who brings a new argument against reli- gion , and who being a philosopher , and a man of learn- ing , as the rest of us is , shall be admitted to the freedom of the ...
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... Cicero's treatise on Old Age . He places the infirmities , naturally consequent on our decline , in so pleasing a light , that my youth was persuaded to wish for a state where every passion subsides , and every mental excellence is ...
... Cicero's treatise on Old Age . He places the infirmities , naturally consequent on our decline , in so pleasing a light , that my youth was persuaded to wish for a state where every passion subsides , and every mental excellence is ...
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... Cicero and the younger Pliny , and the two celebrated speeches in the Catilinarian conspiracy by Sallust . By this practice , he will become more intimate with the beauties of the writing , and the idioms of the language from which he ...
... Cicero and the younger Pliny , and the two celebrated speeches in the Catilinarian conspiracy by Sallust . By this practice , he will become more intimate with the beauties of the writing , and the idioms of the language from which he ...
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