The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith..J. Johnson; W.J. and J. Richardson; W. Otridge and Son; F. and C. Rivington; J. Walker; W. Lowndes; Vernor and Hood; Cuthell and Martin; F. Wingrave; Scatcherd and Letterman; Wilkie and Robinson; R. Lea; Darton and Harvey; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; and J. Matthews., 1806 |
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... whole life spent in agony or rapture . But the turbulence of these passions only affected himself , and never those about him : he knew the ridicule of his own character , and very effectually raised the mirth of his companions , as ...
... whole life spent in agony or rapture . But the turbulence of these passions only affected himself , and never those about him : he knew the ridicule of his own character , and very effectually raised the mirth of his companions , as ...
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... whole day upon your ' inhuman silence ; I call it inhuman ; nor would you " think it less , if you were truly sensible of the un- easiness it gives me . Did I know you so ill as to think you proud , I would be much less concern , ed ...
... whole day upon your ' inhuman silence ; I call it inhuman ; nor would you " think it less , if you were truly sensible of the un- easiness it gives me . Did I know you so ill as to think you proud , I would be much less concern , ed ...
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... whole piece ; in the poems you sent I will take the liberty you allow me : the story of Pandora , and the Eclogue upon Health , are two of the most beautiful things I ever read . I do not say this to the prejudice of the rest , but ...
... whole piece ; in the poems you sent I will take the liberty you allow me : the story of Pandora , and the Eclogue upon Health , are two of the most beautiful things I ever read . I do not say this to the prejudice of the rest , but ...
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... whole delight consisted in drawing the faces of his creditors in caricatura . It was just so with Parnell . From many of his unpublished pieces which I have seen , and from others that have appeared , it would seem , that scarcely a bog ...
... whole delight consisted in drawing the faces of his creditors in caricatura . It was just so with Parnell . From many of his unpublished pieces which I have seen , and from others that have appeared , it would seem , that scarcely a bog ...
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... whole year's happiness by his country fire - side at home . cease . However , what he permitted the world to see of his life was elegant and splendid ; his fortune ( for a poet ) was very considerable , and it may easily be supposed he ...
... whole year's happiness by his country fire - side at home . cease . However , what he permitted the world to see of his life was elegant and splendid ; his fortune ( for a poet ) was very considerable , and it may easily be supposed he ...
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