The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 5J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... writer . It certainly argues a defect of method , or a want of perspicuity , when an author is thus obliged to write notes upon his own works ; and , it may assuredly be said , that whoever undertakes to write a comment upon himself ...
... writer . It certainly argues a defect of method , or a want of perspicuity , when an author is thus obliged to write notes upon his own works ; and , it may assuredly be said , that whoever undertakes to write a comment upon himself ...
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... writer must decline all attempts to acquire fame , satisfied with being obscurely useful . After such a number of Roman ... write upon , where much seeming erudition might be displayed , almost un- known , because not worth remembering ...
... writer must decline all attempts to acquire fame , satisfied with being obscurely useful . After such a number of Roman ... write upon , where much seeming erudition might be displayed , almost un- known , because not worth remembering ...
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... writer's aid , will even support him with its splendour . The empire of the world , rising from the meanest origin , and growing great by a strict veneration for religion , and an implicit con- fidence in its commanders ; continually ...
... writer's aid , will even support him with its splendour . The empire of the world , rising from the meanest origin , and growing great by a strict veneration for religion , and an implicit con- fidence in its commanders ; continually ...
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... write . Hence our abridgments are gene- rally more tedious than the works from which they pretend to relieve us ; and they have actually em barrassed that road which they laboured to shorten . As the present compiler starts with such ...
... write . Hence our abridgments are gene- rally more tedious than the works from which they pretend to relieve us ; and they have actually em barrassed that road which they laboured to shorten . As the present compiler starts with such ...
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... writer's wishes , if the present work be found a plain , unaffected narrative of facts , with just ornament enough to keep atten- tion awake , and with reflection barely sufficient to set the reader upon thinking . Very moderate ...
... writer's wishes , if the present work be found a plain , unaffected narrative of facts , with just ornament enough to keep atten- tion awake , and with reflection barely sufficient to set the reader upon thinking . Very moderate ...
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