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... pleasure as long as the English lan- guage lives . " - N . Y. Commercial Advertiser . " No greater service can be done in the cause of good letters than the extensive dissemination of these standard compositions . They embrace the best ...
... pleasure as long as the English lan- guage lives . " - N . Y. Commercial Advertiser . " No greater service can be done in the cause of good letters than the extensive dissemination of these standard compositions . They embrace the best ...
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... pleasure , had sailed without him . Then he re- solved to study the law . A generous kinsman advanced fifty pounds . With this sum , Goldsmith went to Dublin , was enticed into a gaming house , and lost every shilling . He then thought ...
... pleasure , had sailed without him . Then he re- solved to study the law . A generous kinsman advanced fifty pounds . With this sum , Goldsmith went to Dublin , was enticed into a gaming house , and lost every shilling . He then thought ...
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... pleasure . Goldsmith might now be considered as a pros- perous man . He had the means of living in com- fort , and even in what to one who had so often slept in barns and on bulks , must have been luxury . His fame was great , and was ...
... pleasure . Goldsmith might now be considered as a pros- perous man . He had the means of living in com- fort , and even in what to one who had so often slept in barns and on bulks , must have been luxury . His fame was great , and was ...
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... pleasure , cried , ' Welcome , wel- come ! here you shall find a home and a brother . ' It is needless to add , that this denouement was perfectly agreeable to the stranger , who was then preparing to return to Jamaica to make his ...
... pleasure , cried , ' Welcome , wel- come ! here you shall find a home and a brother . ' It is needless to add , that this denouement was perfectly agreeable to the stranger , who was then preparing to return to Jamaica to make his ...
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... pleasure of being liked , and observe how hard it would be if literary excellence should preclude a man from that satisfaction , which he perceived it often did , from the envy which attended it ; and therefore Sir Joshua was convinced ...
... pleasure of being liked , and observe how hard it would be if literary excellence should preclude a man from that satisfaction , which he perceived it often did , from the envy which attended it ; and therefore Sir Joshua was convinced ...
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