The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... Antiquity has been in the possession of others ; the present is our own : let us first therefore learn to know what belongs to ourselves , and then , if we have leisure , cast our reflections back to the reign VOL . IV . C of Shonou ...
... Antiquity has been in the possession of others ; the present is our own : let us first therefore learn to know what belongs to ourselves , and then , if we have leisure , cast our reflections back to the reign VOL . IV . C of Shonou ...
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... antiquity , like medals , may very well serve to amuse the curious ; but the works of the moderns , like the current coin of a kingdom , are much better for immediate use ; the former are often prized above their intrinsic value , and ...
... antiquity , like medals , may very well serve to amuse the curious ; but the works of the moderns , like the current coin of a kingdom , are much better for immediate use ; the former are often prized above their intrinsic value , and ...
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... antiquity , have least to plead in their own defence , when they carry this passion to a faul- ty excess . They are generally found to supply by conjecture the want of record , and then by perse- verance are wrought up into a confidence ...
... antiquity , have least to plead in their own defence , when they carry this passion to a faul- ty excess . They are generally found to supply by conjecture the want of record , and then by perse- verance are wrought up into a confidence ...
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... were noble monuments of barbarous antiquity ; contributed finely to show how little their ancestors understood of architecture ; and for that reason such monuments should be held sacred , and suffered gra- dually. CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
... were noble monuments of barbarous antiquity ; contributed finely to show how little their ancestors understood of architecture ; and for that reason such monuments should be held sacred , and suffered gra- dually. CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
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... antiquity , that it called for immediate jus- tice . " What , " cried the Queen , " not suffer a wo- " man to burn herself when she thinks proper ? The " sex are to be very prettily tutored , no doubt , if they " must be restrained from ...
... antiquity , that it called for immediate jus- tice . " What , " cried the Queen , " not suffer a wo- " man to burn herself when she thinks proper ? The " sex are to be very prettily tutored , no doubt , if they " must be restrained from ...
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