The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.J. Johnson, G. and J. Robinson, W. J. and J. Richardson, 1801 |
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... continued for fome time ; but at length in 1700 , when he arrived at the twenty - eighth year of his age , he began to dif- like his method of living , and to find that fenfual pleasure alone was not fufficient to make the happiness of ...
... continued for fome time ; but at length in 1700 , when he arrived at the twenty - eighth year of his age , he began to dif- like his method of living , and to find that fenfual pleasure alone was not fufficient to make the happiness of ...
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... continued in the fame upon the acceffion of Queen Anne the year enfuing . Bolingbroke had all along been bred up , as was before obferved , among the diffenters , his friends leaned to that perfuafion , and all his connex- ions were in ...
... continued in the fame upon the acceffion of Queen Anne the year enfuing . Bolingbroke had all along been bred up , as was before obferved , among the diffenters , his friends leaned to that perfuafion , and all his connex- ions were in ...
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... continued to dispatch several meffages and direc- tions for England , to which he received very eva- five and ambiguous anfwers . Among the number of thefe , he drew up a paper at Chaville , in concert with the Duke of Ormond , Marfhal ...
... continued to dispatch several meffages and direc- tions for England , to which he received very eva- five and ambiguous anfwers . Among the number of thefe , he drew up a paper at Chaville , in concert with the Duke of Ormond , Marfhal ...
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... continued for feveral days , feeing the Spanish and Swedish Minifters , and even the Regent himself . It might have been in these in- terviews that he was fet againft his new fecretary , and taught to believe that he had been remiss in ...
... continued for feveral days , feeing the Spanish and Swedish Minifters , and even the Regent himself . It might have been in these in- terviews that he was fet againft his new fecretary , and taught to believe that he had been remiss in ...
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... continued to act in the Preten der's affairs till the end of the term , for which I em- barked with him , I should have efteemed myself to be at liberty , and fhould , in the civileft manner I was able , have taken my leave of him . Had ...
... continued to act in the Preten der's affairs till the end of the term , for which I em- barked with him , I should have efteemed myself to be at liberty , and fhould , in the civileft manner I was able , have taken my leave of him . Had ...
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Página 67 - ... beans and bacon, and a barn-door fowl. Now his lordship is run after his cart, I have a moment left to myself to tell you that I overheard him yesterday agree with a painter for £200 to paint his country-hall with trophies of rakes, spades, prongs, &c., and other ornaments, merely to countenance his calling this place a farm...
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Página 66 - As to the return of his health and vigour, were you here, you might inquire of his haymakers ; but as to his temperance, I can answer that (for one whole day ) we have had nothing for dinner but mutton broth, beans, and bacon, and a barn-door fowl.
Página 459 - In these plays almost all the characters are good, and exceedingly generous ; they are lavish enough of their Tin money on the Stage ; and though they want humour, have abundance of sentiment and feeling. If they happen to have faults or foibles, the spectator is taught not only to pardon, but to applaud them, in consideration of the goodness of their hearts ; so that Folly, instead of being ridiculed, is commended...
Página 3 - A poet, while living, is seldom an object sufficiently great to attract much attention ; his real merits are known but to a few, and these are generally sparing in their praises. When his fame is increased by time, it is then too late to investigate the peculiarities of his disposition : the dews of the morning are past, and we vainly try to continue the chase by the meridian splendour.
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Página 239 - ... the laughing-stock of the school. Every trick is played upon the usher; the oddity of his manners, his dress, or his language, is a fund of eternal ridicule; the master himself now and then cannot avoid joining in the laugh, and the poor wretch, eternally resenting this ill usage, seems to live in a state of war with all the family.
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Página 370 - I am a Dane, Swede, or Frenchman at different times ; or rather fancy myself like the old philosopher, who upon being asked what countryman he was, replied, that he was a citizen of the world.