The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volumen 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... late Duke of Marlborough ( 1 ) may one day be set up , even above that of his more talked - of predecessor ; since an assemblage of all the mild and amiable virtues is far superior to those vulgarly called the great ones . I must be ...
... late Duke of Marlborough ( 1 ) may one day be set up , even above that of his more talked - of predecessor ; since an assemblage of all the mild and amiable virtues is far superior to those vulgarly called the great ones . I must be ...
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... late Tomaso Crudeli at that society , which will at once serve to give a better picture of the manner in which men of wit amuse themselves in that country , than any thing I could say upon the occasion . The oration is this : " The ...
... late Tomaso Crudeli at that society , which will at once serve to give a better picture of the manner in which men of wit amuse themselves in that country , than any thing I could say upon the occasion . The oration is this : " The ...
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... late - subdued people with old customs , that presently upbraid their dege- neracy , and provoke them to revolt . The wisdom of the Roman republic , in their veneration for custom , and backwardness to introduce a new law , was perhaps ...
... late - subdued people with old customs , that presently upbraid their dege- neracy , and provoke them to revolt . The wisdom of the Roman republic , in their veneration for custom , and backwardness to introduce a new law , was perhaps ...
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... late Lord Boling- broke , whose strength lay in that province ; for as a philo- sopher and a critic he was ill qualified , being destitute of virtue for the one , and of learning for the other . His writings against Sir Robert Walpole ...
... late Lord Boling- broke , whose strength lay in that province ; for as a philo- sopher and a critic he was ill qualified , being destitute of virtue for the one , and of learning for the other . His writings against Sir Robert Walpole ...
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... late method , also , into which our newspapers have fallen of giving an epitome of every new publication , must greatly damp the writer's genius . He finds himself in this case at the mercy of men , who have neither abilities nor ...
... late method , also , into which our newspapers have fallen of giving an epitome of every new publication , must greatly damp the writer's genius . He finds himself in this case at the mercy of men , who have neither abilities nor ...
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