The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and PoemsA. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1792 - 286 pages |
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... subject to me a muft beg leave to tell them a ftory . A traveller , in his way to Italy , found a country where the inhabitants had ea excrefcence depending from the chin : a which , as it was endemic , and the people rial , to look ...
... subject to me a muft beg leave to tell them a ftory . A traveller , in his way to Italy , found a country where the inhabitants had ea excrefcence depending from the chin : a which , as it was endemic , and the people rial , to look ...
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... subject had treated it in a more scientific manner , repreffed all the fallies of imagination , and given us the refult of their obfer- vations with didactic fimplicity . Upon this subject , the smallest errors are of the most dangerous ...
... subject had treated it in a more scientific manner , repreffed all the fallies of imagination , and given us the refult of their obfer- vations with didactic fimplicity . Upon this subject , the smallest errors are of the most dangerous ...
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... subject out of the beaten road of common place , except by illu- ftrating it , rather by the affiftance of my memory than judgment ; and , inftead of making reflections , by telling a story . A Chinefe , who had long ftudied the works ...
... subject out of the beaten road of common place , except by illu- ftrating it , rather by the affiftance of my memory than judgment ; and , inftead of making reflections , by telling a story . A Chinefe , who had long ftudied the works ...
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... subject ; and the reader , like the failor's horse , has at least the comfortable refreshment of having the spur often changed . As I fee no reason why these should carry off all the rewards of genius , 1 have fome thoughts , for the ...
... subject ; and the reader , like the failor's horse , has at least the comfortable refreshment of having the spur often changed . As I fee no reason why these should carry off all the rewards of genius , 1 have fome thoughts , for the ...
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... subjects which have been more written upon , and lefs understood , than that of friendship . To follow the dictates of fome , this virtue , instead of being the affuager of pain , be- comes the fource of every inconvenience . Such ...
... subjects which have been more written upon , and lefs understood , than that of friendship . To follow the dictates of fome , this virtue , instead of being the affuager of pain , be- comes the fource of every inconvenience . Such ...
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Page 170 - Frenchmen : we had no arms ; but one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time : so we went down to the door, where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence, nine of us ran together to the quay...
Page xi - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.