The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volumen 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... France in- capable of Comparison . [ Now first collected . ] ... 415 VIII . Of Polite Learning in France ... 419 IX . Of Learning in Great Britain 427 x x . Of rewarding Genius in England 428 XI . Of the Marks of Literary Decay in ...
... France in- capable of Comparison . [ Now first collected . ] ... 415 VIII . Of Polite Learning in France ... 419 IX . Of Learning in Great Britain 427 x x . Of rewarding Genius in England 428 XI . Of the Marks of Literary Decay in ...
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... France , had each of them lost an eye ; and the famous epigram , which Goldsmith has imitated , was written on them . " - LORD BYRON , Works , vol . vi . p . 390. ] REMARKS ON OUR THEATRES . Our theatres are now opened 8 THE BEE .
... France , had each of them lost an eye ; and the famous epigram , which Goldsmith has imitated , was written on them . " - LORD BYRON , Works , vol . vi . p . 390. ] REMARKS ON OUR THEATRES . Our theatres are now opened 8 THE BEE .
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... France . The writings of Maupertuis spread the reputation of his master Newton , and by a happy fortune have united his fame with that of our human prodigy . The first of his performances , openly , in vindication of the Newtonian ...
... France . The writings of Maupertuis spread the reputation of his master Newton , and by a happy fortune have united his fame with that of our human prodigy . The first of his performances , openly , in vindication of the Newtonian ...
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... , it would agree with the advice of a sensible writer of Sweden , who , in the Gazette de France , 1753 , thus ex- pressed himself on that subject : " It were sincerely to be wished , " says he , " that the custom 76 THE BEE .
... , it would agree with the advice of a sensible writer of Sweden , who , in the Gazette de France , 1753 , thus ex- pressed himself on that subject : " It were sincerely to be wished , " says he , " that the custom 76 THE BEE .
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... France . How happy were it for society , if a first minister would be equally solicitous to transplant the useful laws of other countries into his own . We are arrived at a perfect imita- tion of porcelain ; let us endeavour to imitate ...
... France . How happy were it for society , if a first minister would be equally solicitous to transplant the useful laws of other countries into his own . We are arrived at a perfect imita- tion of porcelain ; let us endeavour to imitate ...
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