The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volumen 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... interest alone ; they seemed mere machines , and all their thoughts were employed in the care of their horses . If we gently desired them to make more speed , they took not the least notice ; kind language was what they had by no means ...
... interest alone ; they seemed mere machines , and all their thoughts were employed in the care of their horses . If we gently desired them to make more speed , they took not the least notice ; kind language was what they had by no means ...
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... interest , or from avarice , but seldom from compassion . The very eloquence of a poor man is disgusting ; and that mouth which is opened even for flat- tery , is seldom expected to close without a petition . If , then , you would ward ...
... interest , or from avarice , but seldom from compassion . The very eloquence of a poor man is disgusting ; and that mouth which is opened even for flat- tery , is seldom expected to close without a petition . If , then , you would ward ...
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... interest to have the greatest part of them suppressed . They should be put under laws of not con- tinuing open beyond a certain hour , and harbouring only proper persons . These rules , it may be said , will diminish the necessary taxes ...
... interest to have the greatest part of them suppressed . They should be put under laws of not con- tinuing open beyond a certain hour , and harbouring only proper persons . These rules , it may be said , will diminish the necessary taxes ...
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... interest of every government is to cultivate the necessaries , by which is always meant every happiness our own country can produce ; and suppress all the luxu- ries , by which is meant , on the other hand , every happiness imported ...
... interest of every government is to cultivate the necessaries , by which is always meant every happiness our own country can produce ; and suppress all the luxu- ries , by which is meant , on the other hand , every happiness imported ...
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... interest of society . Among the many publications with which the press is every day burthened , I have often wondered why we never had , as in other countries , an Economical Journal , which might at once direct to all the useful ...
... interest of society . Among the many publications with which the press is every day burthened , I have often wondered why we never had , as in other countries , an Economical Journal , which might at once direct to all the useful ...
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