The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volumen 2John Murray, 1837 |
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... whole time passed in forming conclusions which the next minute's experience may proba- bly destroy ; the present moment becomes a comment on the past , and I improve rather in humility than wisdom . Their laws and religion forbid the ...
... whole time passed in forming conclusions which the next minute's experience may proba- bly destroy ; the present moment becomes a comment on the past , and I improve rather in humility than wisdom . Their laws and religion forbid the ...
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... whole nations , seem divested of its illumi- nation . Here we observe a whole country adoring a divinity through fear , and attempting to feed the dead . These are their most serious and most religious occupations ; are these men ...
... whole nations , seem divested of its illumi- nation . Here we observe a whole country adoring a divinity through fear , and attempting to feed the dead . These are their most serious and most religious occupations ; are these men ...
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... whole family for a year ? nay , that five pickle - shops can serve all the kingdom ? Besides , Sir , there is no harm done to any body by the making of pickles , or the eating of pickles . ' We drank tea with the ladies , and Goldsmith ...
... whole family for a year ? nay , that five pickle - shops can serve all the kingdom ? Besides , Sir , there is no harm done to any body by the making of pickles , or the eating of pickles . ' We drank tea with the ladies , and Goldsmith ...
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... whole crea- tion , the protectors of the meanest insect or reptile that was privileged with existence . And yet ( would you believe it ? ) I have seen the very men who have thus boasted of their tenderness , at the same time devouring ...
... whole crea- tion , the protectors of the meanest insect or reptile that was privileged with existence . And yet ( would you believe it ? ) I have seen the very men who have thus boasted of their tenderness , at the same time devouring ...
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... whole nation to have but one eye in the middle of the forehead . He is not satisfied with leaving it in doubt ; but in another work ( 2 ) assures us , that the fact was certain , and that he himself was an eye - witness of it . " When ...
... whole nation to have but one eye in the middle of the forehead . He is not satisfied with leaving it in doubt ; but in another work ( 2 ) assures us , that the fact was certain , and that he himself was an eye - witness of it . " When ...
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