The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volumen 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... truth of this doctrine , and must know that to have much , or to seem to have it , is the only way to have more . Ovid finely compares a man of broken fortune to a falling column ; the lower it sinks , the greater weight it is obliged ...
... truth of this doctrine , and must know that to have much , or to seem to have it , is the only way to have more . Ovid finely compares a man of broken fortune to a falling column ; the lower it sinks , the greater weight it is obliged ...
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... truth , Mr. Spindle , money is money now - a - days . I believe it is all sunk in the bottom of the sea , for my part ; and he that has got a little is a fool if he does not keep what he has got . " Not quite disconcerted by this ...
... truth , Mr. Spindle , money is money now - a - days . I believe it is all sunk in the bottom of the sea , for my part ; and he that has got a little is a fool if he does not keep what he has got . " Not quite disconcerted by this ...
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... by repeat- ed experiments , to strike a light out of the chaos in which ( 1 ) [ " At length a mighty man of Greece began To assert the nat'ral liberty of man . " - CRESCH . ] truth seemed to be confounded . Their curiosity , in 54 THE BEE .
... by repeat- ed experiments , to strike a light out of the chaos in which ( 1 ) [ " At length a mighty man of Greece began To assert the nat'ral liberty of man . " - CRESCH . ] truth seemed to be confounded . Their curiosity , in 54 THE BEE .
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Including a Variety of Pieces Oliver Goldsmith. truth seemed to be confounded . Their curiosity , in this respect , was so indifferent , that though they had discovered new worlds , they were at a loss to explain the phenomena of their ...
Including a Variety of Pieces Oliver Goldsmith. truth seemed to be confounded . Their curiosity , in this respect , was so indifferent , that though they had discovered new worlds , they were at a loss to explain the phenomena of their ...
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... truth is , I can expect happiness from posterity either way . If I write ill , happy in being forgotten ; if well , happy in being remembered with respect . Yet , considering things in a prudential light , perhaps I was mistaken in ...
... truth is , I can expect happiness from posterity either way . If I write ill , happy in being forgotten ; if well , happy in being remembered with respect . Yet , considering things in a prudential light , perhaps I was mistaken in ...
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