The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... becomes offensive . But be- ing spread , though never so thinly , over the surface of the earth , it enriches the whole country . Thus the wealth a nation possesses must expatiate , or it is of no benefit to the public ; it becomes ...
... becomes offensive . But be- ing spread , though never so thinly , over the surface of the earth , it enriches the whole country . Thus the wealth a nation possesses must expatiate , or it is of no benefit to the public ; it becomes ...
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... becomes at last the prevailing pas- sion of the mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in useless efforts to keep off our end , or pro- vide for a continued existence . Strange contradiction in our nature , and to which even ...
... becomes at last the prevailing pas- sion of the mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in useless efforts to keep off our end , or pro- vide for a continued existence . Strange contradiction in our nature , and to which even ...
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... becomes scarcely worth the keeping ? Is it that Nature , attentive to the pre- servation of mankind , increases our wishes to live , while she lessens our enjoyments ; and as she robs the senses of every pleasure , equips imagination in ...
... becomes scarcely worth the keeping ? Is it that Nature , attentive to the pre- servation of mankind , increases our wishes to live , while she lessens our enjoyments ; and as she robs the senses of every pleasure , equips imagination in ...
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... becomes great . Does a poet string up trite sentiments in rhyme ? he also becomes the great man of the hour . How diminutive soever the object of admiration , each is followed by a crowd of still more diminutive admirers . The shout ...
... becomes great . Does a poet string up trite sentiments in rhyme ? he also becomes the great man of the hour . How diminutive soever the object of admiration , each is followed by a crowd of still more diminutive admirers . The shout ...
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... become an idol , with the most humble prostration ; he receives their addresses without motion , commences a god , and is ever after fed by his priests with the spoon of immor- tality . The same receipt in this country serves to make a ...
... become an idol , with the most humble prostration ; he receives their addresses without motion , commences a god , and is ever after fed by his priests with the spoon of immor- tality . The same receipt in this country serves to make a ...
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