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" We were told that universal benevolence was what first cemented society; we were taught to consider all the wants of mankind as our own; to regard the human face divine with affection and esteem ; he wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and rendered... "
The good-natured man, a comedy ed. by H. Littledale - Page 82
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 68 pages
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The citizen of the world; or, Letters from a Chinese philosopher ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 290 pages
...to instruct us himself, and took as much pains to form our morals, as to improve our understanding. We were told that universal benevolence was what first...impulse, made either by real or fictitious distress ; ia a word, we were perfectly instructed in the art of giving aiuay thousands, before we were taught...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 6

1786 - 782 pages
...-CV < n - .'ч-V-" ' « çur own ; to regard the " human face " divine" with affection and efteem ; ' he wound us up to be mere machines * of pity, and rendered us incapable ot ' withflanding theflighteltimpulfemade * either by гея! or fiílítious dittrefs; in a ' word,...
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The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 288 pages
...all the wants of mankind as of our own ; to regard the human face divine with affetlion and efteem ; he wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and rendered us incapable of withftanding the flighteft impulfe, made either by real or fiftious diftrefs; in a word, we were perfeftly...
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Select British Classics, Volume 1

1804 - 286 pages
...as much pains to form our morals, as to " improve our understanding. We were told, that uni" versal benevolence was what first cemented society: " we...were taught to consider all the wants of mankind " as of our own ? to regard the human face divine " with affection and esteem ; he wound us up to be " mere...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 314 pages
...as much pains to form our morals, as to im" prove our understanding. We were told that uni" versal benevolence was what first cemented society ; " we were taught to consider all the wants of man" kind as our own ; to regard the human face divine " with affection and esteem ; he wound us up...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 3

Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 522 pages
...instruct us himself; and took as much pains to " form our morals as to improvr oar understanding. *' We were told that universal benevolence was what "...cemented society; we were taught to consider " all " all the wants of mankind as our own ; to regard " the human face divine with affection and esteem...
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Letters from a citizen of the world, to his friends in the East

Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 508 pages
...instruct " us himself; and took as much pains to form " our morals, as to improve our understanding. We " were told that universal benevolence was what...he " wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and ren" dered us incapable of withstanding the slightest " impulse made either by real or fictitious distress...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...to instruct us himself; and took as much pains to form our morals as to improve our understanding. est, and continues to persecute mankind ever after. A corrupt magistrate may be lo regard thr> "human face divine" with affection ami esteem ; he wound us up to be mere machines of...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 57

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1836 - 572 pages
...proportion to the pleasure he gave ; he loved all the world ; and he fancied all the world loved him. . . . We were told that universal benevolence was what first...incapable of withstanding the slightest impulse made cither by real or fictitious distress. In a word, wre were perfectly instructed in the art of giving...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...himself; and took as much pains to form our morals as to improve our understanding. We were told, t hat d seven. Mrs. Hardcastle. It's false, Mr. Hardcastle...but twenty when I was brought to bed of Tony, that I ou; to regard the "human face divine" with affecWm Aid esteem ; he wound us up to be mere machines...
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