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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... heads to think that whatever I write is worth reprinting , particularly when I confider how wet great a majority will think it fcarce with reading . Trifling and fuperficial , are terms of reproach that are eafily objected , and that ...
... heads to think that whatever I write is worth reprinting , particularly when I confider how wet great a majority will think it fcarce with reading . Trifling and fuperficial , are terms of reproach that are eafily objected , and that ...
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... head upon an inverted urn , he forgot his miferies for a while in fleep ; and found , on his flinty couch , more ease than beds of down can supply to the guilty . As he continued here , about midnight , two rob- bers came to make this ...
... head upon an inverted urn , he forgot his miferies for a while in fleep ; and found , on his flinty couch , more ease than beds of down can supply to the guilty . As he continued here , about midnight , two rob- bers came to make this ...
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... head was broke by a chairman , o picked by a sharper , he comforted him tating the Hibernian dialect of the one , fashionable cant of the other . Nothing to him . His inattention to money - mat cenfed his father to fuch a degree , that ...
... head was broke by a chairman , o picked by a sharper , he comforted him tating the Hibernian dialect of the one , fashionable cant of the other . Nothing to him . His inattention to money - mat cenfed his father to fuch a degree , that ...
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... head of the table . I could not avoid , upon my entrance , making use of all my skill , in phyfiognomy , in order to discover that fuperiority of genius in men , who had taken a title fo fuperior to the rest of mankind . I expected to ...
... head of the table . I could not avoid , upon my entrance , making use of all my skill , in phyfiognomy , in order to discover that fuperiority of genius in men , who had taken a title fo fuperior to the rest of mankind . I expected to ...
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... head , to the great delight of the whole com- pany , he began his fong . As I have heard few young fellows offer to fing in company that did not expose themselves , it was no great disappointment to me to find Mr. Spriggins among the ...
... head , to the great delight of the whole com- pany , he began his fong . As I have heard few young fellows offer to fing in company that did not expose themselves , it was no great disappointment to me to find Mr. Spriggins among the ...
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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.