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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... mind in a short time became fo ftrong , that they brought on a fever , which the phyficians judged incurable . During this illness , Alcander watched him with all the anxiety of fondness , and brought his mistress to join in those ...
... mind in a short time became fo ftrong , that they brought on a fever , which the phyficians judged incurable . During this illness , Alcander watched him with all the anxiety of fondness , and brought his mistress to join in those ...
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... mind of a pleasant story about " that - hem - very well ; you must know , but , " before I begin - Sir , my fervice to you - where was I ? " ་ ་ My next club goes by the name of the Harmonical Society ; probably from that love of order ...
... mind of a pleasant story about " that - hem - very well ; you must know , but , " before I begin - Sir , my fervice to you - where was I ? " ་ ་ My next club goes by the name of the Harmonical Society ; probably from that love of order ...
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... mind may , for fome time , fluctuaté between them , but it can never entertain both at once . * f In fact , pity , though it may often relieve , is but at beft a fhort - lived paffion , and seldom affords dif- trefs more than a ...
... mind may , for fome time , fluctuaté between them , but it can never entertain both at once . * f In fact , pity , though it may often relieve , is but at beft a fhort - lived paffion , and seldom affords dif- trefs more than a ...
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... mind , as well as the body . It may be thought whimfical , but it is truth : I have found , by experience , that they who have spent all their lives in cities , contract not only an effiminacy of habit , but even of thinking . But when ...
... mind , as well as the body . It may be thought whimfical , but it is truth : I have found , by experience , that they who have spent all their lives in cities , contract not only an effiminacy of habit , but even of thinking . But when ...
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... mind , than either To Jofeph Andrews , or an hundred others , w gality is the only good quality the hero is teffed of . Were our fchoolmafters , if any have fenfe enough to draw up fuch a wo employed , it would be much more fervic their ...
... mind , than either To Jofeph Andrews , or an hundred others , w gality is the only good quality the hero is teffed of . Were our fchoolmafters , if any have fenfe enough to draw up fuch a wo employed , it would be much more fervic their ...
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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.