The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Life. Vicar of Wakefield. Essays. LettersG. Bell and sons, 1885 |
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... beauty of a virtuous life , should have indulged in irregularities which every good man must condemn . Yet such was the warmth of his affections , and the general benevolence of his disposition , that , in spite of his follies and his ...
... beauty of a virtuous life , should have indulged in irregularities which every good man must condemn . Yet such was the warmth of his affections , and the general benevolence of his disposition , that , in spite of his follies and his ...
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... beauty with which painters gene- rally draw Hebe ; open , sprightly , and commanding . Sophia's features were not so striking at first , but often did more certain execution ; for they were soft , modest , and alluring . The one ...
... beauty with which painters gene- rally draw Hebe ; open , sprightly , and commanding . Sophia's features were not so striking at first , but often did more certain execution ; for they were soft , modest , and alluring . The one ...
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... beauty . At dinner my wife took the lead ; for , as she always insisted upon carving every thing herself , it being her mother's way , she gave us , upon those occasions , the history of every dish . When we had dined , to prevent the ...
... beauty . At dinner my wife took the lead ; for , as she always insisted upon carving every thing herself , it being her mother's way , she gave us , upon those occasions , the history of every dish . When we had dined , to prevent the ...
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... beauty . My house consisted of but death , and had the benefit of his revision . In the first edition ( 1766 ) the above passage runs as follows : - " I could not but smile to hear her talk in this strain : one almost on the verge of ...
... beauty . My house consisted of but death , and had the benefit of his revision . In the first edition ( 1766 ) the above passage runs as follows : - " I could not but smile to hear her talk in this strain : one almost on the verge of ...
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... beauty : " For , strike me ugly , " continued he , " If I should not find as much pleasure in choosing my mistress by the information of a lamp under the clock of St. Dunstan's . ' At this he laughed , and so did we : -The jests of the ...
... beauty : " For , strike me ugly , " continued he , " If I should not find as much pleasure in choosing my mistress by the information of a lamp under the clock of St. Dunstan's . ' At this he laughed , and so did we : -The jests of the ...
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