The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, including a variety of pieces now first collected by J. Prior, Volum 21853 |
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... fancy of their painters is also deplorable . Could you believe it ? I have seen five black lions and three blue boars in less than the circuit of half a mile ; and yet you know that animals of these colors are nowhere to be found except ...
... fancy of their painters is also deplorable . Could you believe it ? I have seen five black lions and three blue boars in less than the circuit of half a mile ; and yet you know that animals of these colors are nowhere to be found except ...
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... fancy myself at present , O thou reverend disciple of Taou , * more than a match for all that can happen . The chief business of my life has been to procure wisdom , and the chief object of that wisdom was to be happy . My attendance on ...
... fancy myself at present , O thou reverend disciple of Taou , * more than a match for all that can happen . The chief business of my life has been to procure wisdom , and the chief object of that wisdom was to be happy . My attendance on ...
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... fancy , that in time I shall find them more opulent , more charitable , and more hospitable than I at first im- agined . I begin to learn somewhat of their manners and customs , and to see reasons for several deviations which they make ...
... fancy , that in time I shall find them more opulent , more charitable , and more hospitable than I at first im- agined . I begin to learn somewhat of their manners and customs , and to see reasons for several deviations which they make ...
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... fancy there is no universal standard for beauty . The truth is , the manners of the ladies in this city are so very open and so vastly engaging , that I am inclined to pass over the more glaring defects of their persons , since compen ...
... fancy there is no universal standard for beauty . The truth is , the manners of the ladies in this city are so very open and so vastly engaging , that I am inclined to pass over the more glaring defects of their persons , since compen ...
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... fancy he could never bribe the guardians of the temple to give him a place . Should he not be ashamed to be seen among company , where even moderate merit would look like infamy ? —I suppose , replied the man in black , the gentleman ...
... fancy he could never bribe the guardians of the temple to give him a place . Should he not be ashamed to be seen among company , where even moderate merit would look like infamy ? —I suppose , replied the man in black , the gentleman ...
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