The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volumen 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... excellence , which may amuse and serve to animate our enquiry . In deviating from others , in follow- ing an unbeaten road , though we perhaps may never arrive at the wished - for object , yet it is possible we may meet several ...
... excellence , which may amuse and serve to animate our enquiry . In deviating from others , in follow- ing an unbeaten road , though we perhaps may never arrive at the wished - for object , yet it is possible we may meet several ...
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... excellence , our reputation , our friends , and our all must be ventured ; by aiming only at mediocrity , we run no risk , and we do little service . Prudence and greatness are ever persuading us to contrary pursuits . The one instructs ...
... excellence , our reputation , our friends , and our all must be ventured ; by aiming only at mediocrity , we run no risk , and we do little service . Prudence and greatness are ever persuading us to contrary pursuits . The one instructs ...
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... excellence of the sculptor than the writer . How happy were it now , if men of real excellence in that profession were to arise ! Were the painters of Italy now to appear , who once wandered like beggars from one city to another , and ...
... excellence of the sculptor than the writer . How happy were it now , if men of real excellence in that profession were to arise ! Were the painters of Italy now to appear , who once wandered like beggars from one city to another , and ...
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... the whole circle bursts into unso- licited applause . VOL . I. I The rewards which attend excellence in this way are so ACCOUNT OF THE ACADEMIES OF ITALY . 113 Some Account of the Academies of Italy Of Eloquence—and the Pulpit.
... the whole circle bursts into unso- licited applause . VOL . I. I The rewards which attend excellence in this way are so ACCOUNT OF THE ACADEMIES OF ITALY . 113 Some Account of the Academies of Italy Of Eloquence—and the Pulpit.
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Including a Variety of Pieces Oliver Goldsmith. The rewards which attend excellence in this way are so pleasing , that numbers have written professed treatises to teach us the art ; schools have been established with no other intent ...
Including a Variety of Pieces Oliver Goldsmith. The rewards which attend excellence in this way are so pleasing , that numbers have written professed treatises to teach us the art ; schools have been established with no other intent ...
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