The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Prefaces and introductions. Animated nature (extracts) Nobleman's letters. Goody Two-shoes. IndexG. Bell and sons, 1886 |
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... kingdom . The miseries of that period are pathetically described , even by their own historians . Protestants were dragged from their families ; exposed to all the insults of unguided zeal ; emaciated in dungeons ; denied the con ...
... kingdom . The miseries of that period are pathetically described , even by their own historians . Protestants were dragged from their families ; exposed to all the insults of unguided zeal ; emaciated in dungeons ; denied the con ...
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... kingdoms forced by the prudence of one man into an astonishing degree of power , and extensive countries scarcely able to support their own rights or repel the invader . But whatever these contentions may be thought of by others , they ...
... kingdoms forced by the prudence of one man into an astonishing degree of power , and extensive countries scarcely able to support their own rights or repel the invader . But whatever these contentions may be thought of by others , they ...
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... kingdoms happened at a very critical juncture . Had England and Scotland continued separate kingdoms when France was ... kingdom , and his posterity , but sacrificed it upon all occasions to his present pleasure or his present ease ; so ...
... kingdoms happened at a very critical juncture . Had England and Scotland continued separate kingdoms when France was ... kingdom , and his posterity , but sacrificed it upon all occasions to his present pleasure or his present ease ; so ...
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... kingdom two separate interests , that of the king , and that of the people . The views the court proposes to itself are absolute power in the monarch , and unbounded dominion over its neighbours . These at first sight appear very ...
... kingdom two separate interests , that of the king , and that of the people . The views the court proposes to itself are absolute power in the monarch , and unbounded dominion over its neighbours . These at first sight appear very ...
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... kingdom at present is merely artificial and transitory ; as it rose to its highest pitch under the present monarch , ' so it probably will decline when he is no longer to support it . All the other powers whose interest it is to check ...
... kingdom at present is merely artificial and transitory ; as it rose to its highest pitch under the present monarch , ' so it probably will decline when he is no longer to support it . All the other powers whose interest it is to check ...
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