The miscellaneous works of OLiver Goldsmith [ed. by S. Rose].1812 |
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... praises the justice of a late sentence , and instances the in- justice of the king of France , in the case of the prince of Charolais 143 XXXVIII . The description of true politeness . Two letters of different countries , by ladies ...
... praises the justice of a late sentence , and instances the in- justice of the king of France , in the case of the prince of Charolais 143 XXXVIII . The description of true politeness . Two letters of different countries , by ladies ...
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... praise the English for their politeness ; you who have heard very different accounts from the missionaries at Pe- kin , who have seen such a different behaviour in their merchants and seamen at home . But I must still repeat it , the ...
... praise the English for their politeness ; you who have heard very different accounts from the missionaries at Pe- kin , who have seen such a different behaviour in their merchants and seamen at home . But I must still repeat it , the ...
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... praise the dead , and revile the living ; to grant a man of confessed abilities some small share of merit ; to applaud twenty blockheads in order to gain the reputation of can- dour ; and to revile the moral character of the man whose ...
... praise the dead , and revile the living ; to grant a man of confessed abilities some small share of merit ; to applaud twenty blockheads in order to gain the reputation of can- dour ; and to revile the moral character of the man whose ...
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... praise , and the bad revile each other ; and yet , perhaps , you will be surprised that indifferent writers should thus be the most apt to censure , as they have the most to apprehend from recrimination : you may perhaps imagine , that ...
... praise , and the bad revile each other ; and yet , perhaps , you will be surprised that indifferent writers should thus be the most apt to censure , as they have the most to apprehend from recrimination : you may perhaps imagine , that ...
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... praise , my " falshood went to my conscience ; his lordship " soon perceived me to be very unfit for service : " I was therefore discharged ; my patron at the " same time being graciously pleased to observe , “ that he believed I was ...
... praise , my " falshood went to my conscience ; his lordship " soon perceived me to be very unfit for service : " I was therefore discharged ; my patron at the " same time being graciously pleased to observe , “ that he believed I was ...
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