The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Том 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... attempt , and that anonymous and confessedly imperfect , should have been made to collect to- gether the Miscellaneous Works of a writer who has long taken his stand , both in verse and prose , as an English classic- " a man , " to use ...
... attempt , and that anonymous and confessedly imperfect , should have been made to collect to- gether the Miscellaneous Works of a writer who has long taken his stand , both in verse and prose , as an English classic- " a man , " to use ...
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... attempt to address the public in form . All his power of pleasing is damped by solicitude , and his cheerfulness dashed with apprehension . Impressed with the terrors of the tribunal before which he is going to appear , his natural ...
... attempt to address the public in form . All his power of pleasing is damped by solicitude , and his cheerfulness dashed with apprehension . Impressed with the terrors of the tribunal before which he is going to appear , his natural ...
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... attempting to fly . After some years of bondage , however , an opportunity of escaping offered ; he embraced it with ardour , and travelling by night , and lodging in caverns by day , to shorten a long story , he at last arrived in Rome ...
... attempting to fly . After some years of bondage , however , an opportunity of escaping offered ; he embraced it with ardour , and travelling by night , and lodging in caverns by day , to shorten a long story , he at last arrived in Rome ...
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... attempts to display all the little knowledge I had acquired by reading or ob- servation ; but I find myself regarded as an ignorant in- truder . The truth is , I shall never be able to acquire a power of expressing myself with ease in ...
... attempts to display all the little knowledge I had acquired by reading or ob- servation ; but I find myself regarded as an ignorant in- truder . The truth is , I shall never be able to acquire a power of expressing myself with ease in ...
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... attempted to castrate him- self ; but whether this be true or no , it is certain he was extremely whimsical . Though born to a large fortune , when employed in mathematical enquiries , he disregarded his person to such a degree , and ...
... attempted to castrate him- self ; but whether this be true or no , it is certain he was extremely whimsical . Though born to a large fortune , when employed in mathematical enquiries , he disregarded his person to such a degree , and ...
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acquainted admiration Æneid amusement ancient appearance Asem beauty Broom of Cowdenknows called character charms Cicero Colley Cibber comedy continued dæmon David Rizzio Demetrius Phalereus distress dressed eloquence endeavour English entertainment ESSAY excellence expression eyes Falstaff fame fancy favour folly fond fortune French friends friendship frugality genius gentleman give happiness heart Homer honour humour imagination imitation improvement Italy justice labours lady language laws learning lived Lysippus mankind manner means merit metaphors Metastasio mind nation nature never obliged observed occasion Olinda once orator passion perceived Pergolesi perhaps philosopher Planxty pleasing pleasure poet poetry polite possessed praise present quæ Quintilian racter rapture ridiculous says scarcely seemed seldom sense shew society soon speak spondees taste Theophilus Cibber Thespis thing thought tion Virgil virtue vulgar whole word writer young
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