The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volumen 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... philosophers , and poets of those famed republics , rose in his memory , and were present to his sight : how much more would he have been delighted with any of their posthumous works , however inferior to what he had before seen ...
... philosophers , and poets of those famed republics , rose in his memory , and were present to his sight : how much more would he have been delighted with any of their posthumous works , however inferior to what he had before seen ...
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... 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 , and ...
... 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 , and ...
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... if it can be depended upon , is much to his honour . You , says this writer to M. Voltaire , you were entertained by the king of Prussia as a buffoon , but Maupertuis as a philosopher . It is certain that ACCOUNT OF MAUPERTUIS . 21.
... if it can be depended upon , is much to his honour . You , says this writer to M. Voltaire , you were entertained by the king of Prussia as a buffoon , but Maupertuis as a philosopher . It is certain that ACCOUNT OF MAUPERTUIS . 21.
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Including a Variety of Pieces Oliver Goldsmith. but Maupertuis as a philosopher . It is certain that the pre- ference which this royal scholar gave to Maupertuis was the cause of Voltaire's disagreement with him . ( 1 ) Voltaire could ...
Including a Variety of Pieces Oliver Goldsmith. but Maupertuis as a philosopher . It is certain that the pre- ference which this royal scholar gave to Maupertuis was the cause of Voltaire's disagreement with him . ( 1 ) Voltaire could ...
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... philosopher was here ! ( 1 ) [ " To - night is my departing night , For here nae longer must I stay ; There's neither friend nor foe o ' mine , But wishes me away : " What I have done thro ' lack of wit , I never , never can recal ; I ...
... philosopher was here ! ( 1 ) [ " To - night is my departing night , For here nae longer must I stay ; There's neither friend nor foe o ' mine , But wishes me away : " What I have done thro ' lack of wit , I never , never can recal ; I ...
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