The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 5J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... appears barren , from its amazing fertility . But a nearer acquaintance with this study , by giving me- thod to our researches , points out a similitude in many objects which at first appeared different ; the mind , by degrees , rises ...
... appears barren , from its amazing fertility . But a nearer acquaintance with this study , by giving me- thod to our researches , points out a similitude in many objects which at first appeared different ; the mind , by degrees , rises ...
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... appears vast , and his know- ledge extensive ; he only considers things in general lights , and leaves every subject when it becomes too minute or remote to be useful . In his History of Animals , he first describes man , and makes him ...
... appears vast , and his know- ledge extensive ; he only considers things in general lights , and leaves every subject when it becomes too minute or remote to be useful . In his History of Animals , he first describes man , and makes him ...
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... appear in their place , and have been less liable to be imposed upon by the hearsay relations of credulity . A complete , cheap , and commodious body of natural history being wanted in our language , it was these advantages which ...
... appear in their place , and have been less liable to be imposed upon by the hearsay relations of credulity . A complete , cheap , and commodious body of natural history being wanted in our language , it was these advantages which ...
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... appear , that my only aim was to sup- ply a concise , plain , and unaffected narrative of the rise and decline of a well - known empire . I was contented to make such a book as could not fail of being serviceable , though of all others ...
... appear , that my only aim was to sup- ply a concise , plain , and unaffected narrative of the rise and decline of a well - known empire . I was contented to make such a book as could not fail of being serviceable , though of all others ...
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... appears now too late to rejudge the virtues or the vices of those men , who were but very incompletely known even to their own historians . The Romans , perhaps , upon many occasions , formed wrong ideas of virtue ; but they were by no ...
... appears now too late to rejudge the virtues or the vices of those men , who were but very incompletely known even to their own historians . The Romans , perhaps , upon many occasions , formed wrong ideas of virtue ; but they were by no ...
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