The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volumen 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... English philosophers owed their being particu- larly admired by the rest of Europe . The romantic system of Des Cartes was adapted to the taste of the superficial and the indolent ; the foreign universities had embraced it with ardour ...
... English philosophers owed their being particu- larly admired by the rest of Europe . The romantic system of Des Cartes was adapted to the taste of the superficial and the indolent ; the foreign universities had embraced it with ardour ...
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... English , till very lately , was conveyed in the language of 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 ...
... English , till very lately , was conveyed in the language of 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 ...
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... , in 33 vols . 8vo . , was published at Madrid in 1780 ; and in the same year a selection of his Essays and Dis- courses , in 4 vols . 8vo . , appeared in an English dress . ] No. IV . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 27 , 1759 . FATHER FEYJOO . 55.
... , in 33 vols . 8vo . , was published at Madrid in 1780 ; and in the same year a selection of his Essays and Dis- courses , in 4 vols . 8vo . , appeared in an English dress . ] No. IV . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 27 , 1759 . FATHER FEYJOO . 55.
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... English , of Kaul Dereg among the Irish , and Creichton among the Scots , are instances . Of all the traditions , however , I remember to have heard , I do not recollect any more remarkable than one still current in Flanders ; a story ...
... English , of Kaul Dereg among the Irish , and Creichton among the Scots , are instances . Of all the traditions , however , I remember to have heard , I do not recollect any more remarkable than one still current in Flanders ; a story ...
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... them enterprising also ? What could not such qualities united produce ? But such is not the character of the English ; while our neighbours of the Continent launch out into the ocean of CHARACTERISTICS OF GREATNESS . 71.
... them enterprising also ? What could not such qualities united produce ? But such is not the character of the English ; while our neighbours of the Continent launch out into the ocean of CHARACTERISTICS OF GREATNESS . 71.
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