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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... are omitted from the following collection , because we have thought it best to give them with the Extracts from those two works which we add to the present volume . - ED . ] PREFACES AND INTRODUCTIONS . PREFACE 6 TO A TRANSLATION OF.
... are omitted from the following collection , because we have thought it best to give them with the Extracts from those two works which we add to the present volume . - ED . ] PREFACES AND INTRODUCTIONS . PREFACE 6 TO A TRANSLATION OF.
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... thought proper to direct ; for all here wears the face of sincerity . The author , indeed , who is still alive , and known to numbers , not only in Holland , but London , has from pru- dential motives , thought proper to suppress his ...
... thought proper to direct ; for all here wears the face of sincerity . The author , indeed , who is still alive , and known to numbers , not only in Holland , but London , has from pru- dential motives , thought proper to suppress his ...
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... thought of by others , they will never be regarded by Britons but as in- stances of her power , her bravery , and her successes . In this war England will appear in greater splendour than in any period of the most boasted antiquity ; it ...
... thought of by others , they will never be regarded by Britons but as in- stances of her power , her bravery , and her successes . In this war England will appear in greater splendour than in any period of the most boasted antiquity ; it ...
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... thought themselves successful , whatever numbers they might have left behind them . To a people warlike and indigent , an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful . The pay of France , and the plunder of the northern counties ...
... thought themselves successful , whatever numbers they might have left behind them . To a people warlike and indigent , an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful . The pay of France , and the plunder of the northern counties ...
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... thoughts to traffic and navigation , and seemed , like other nations , sensible of the advantages of an American colony . All the fruitful and valuable parts of the western world THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS ' WAR . 13.
... thoughts to traffic and navigation , and seemed , like other nations , sensible of the advantages of an American colony . All the fruitful and valuable parts of the western world THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS ' WAR . 13.
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