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But there is an enemy to this art still more dangerous , I mean Party . Party entirely distorts the judgment , and destroys the taste . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to ...
But there is an enemy to this art still more dangerous , I mean Party . Party entirely distorts the judgment , and destroys the taste . When the mind is once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to ...
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Yet think not , thus when Freedom's ills I state , I mean to flatter kings , or court the great ; Ye powers of truth , that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive the low desire ; And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The ...
Yet think not , thus when Freedom's ills I state , I mean to flatter kings , or court the great ; Ye powers of truth , that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive the low desire ; And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The ...
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But ha ! what means yon sadly plaintive train , That this way slowly bends along the plain ? And now , methinks , a pallid corse they bear To yonder bank , and rest the body there . Alas ! too well mine eyes observant trace The last ...
But ha ! what means yon sadly plaintive train , That this way slowly bends along the plain ? And now , methinks , a pallid corse they bear To yonder bank , and rest the body there . Alas ! too well mine eyes observant trace The last ...
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Those who know anything of composition , are sensible , that in pursuing humour , it will sometimes lead us into the recesses of the mean ; I was even tempted to look for it in the master of a spunging - house : but in deference to the ...
Those who know anything of composition , are sensible , that in pursuing humour , it will sometimes lead us into the recesses of the mean ; I was even tempted to look for it in the master of a spunging - house : but in deference to the ...
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We must try him once more , however , and I'll go this instant to put my scheme into execution ; and I don't despair of succeeding , as , by your means , I can have frequent opportunities of being about him without being known .
We must try him once more , however , and I'll go this instant to put my scheme into execution ; and I don't despair of succeeding , as , by your means , I can have frequent opportunities of being about him without being known .
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| Title | The Poems and Plays Canterbury poets Everyman's library Methuen's standard library |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2012 |
| ISBN | 9070073439, 9789070073435 |
| Length | 183 pages |
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