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" THOUGH fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man in black whom I have often mentioned, is one whose friendship I could wish to acquire, because he possesses my esteem. His manners, it is true, are tinctured with some strange... "
The Citizen of the World - Page 97
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1891 - 556 pages
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The citizen of the world; or, Letters from a Chinese philosopher ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 290 pages
...THQCGH fond of many acquaintances, I desire. B/i intimacy only with a few. The man, in black, whom 1 haVe often mentioned, is one whose friendship I could...generous even to profusion, he. affects to be thought a prpdigy of parsimony and prudence ; though his conversation be replete with the most sordid and selfish...
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Select British Classics, Volume 1

1804 - 286 pages
...XXVI. From the Same. THOUGH fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man in black, whom I' have often mentioned, is one whose...strange inconsistencies ; and he may be justly termed a humourist in a nation of humourists. Though he is generous even to profusion, he affects to be thought...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Letters from a citizen of the ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 514 pages
...XXVI. To the Same. THOUGH fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man in black whom I have often mentioned, is one whose...strange inconsistencies; and he may be justly termed a humorist in a nation of humorists. Though he is generous even to profusion, he affects to be thought...
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His Works, Volume 3

Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...XXVI. TO THE SAME. THOUGH fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The Man in Black,* whom I have often mentioned, is one whose...manners, it is true, are tinctured with some strange inconsistences ; and he may be justly termed a humourist in a nation of humourists. Though he is generous...
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The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, including a variety ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 578 pages
...CONDUCT. To the Same. Though fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man in black whom I have often mentioned, is one whose...strange inconsistencies; and he may be justly termed a humorist in a nation of humorists. Though he is generous even to profusion, he affects to be (1)...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Letters from a citizen of ...

Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 582 pages
...CONDUCT. To the Same. Though fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man in black whom I have often mentioned, is one whose...strange inconsistencies; and he may be justly termed a humorist in a nation of humorists. Though he is generous even to profusion, he affects to be (1 )...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...Same. THOUGH fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man in black whom 1 rkable for his kitchen and his stable. But such a...deserves our pity, thus placed in so high a sphere of arc tinctured with some strange inconsistencies ; and he may be justly termed a humorist in a nation...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 pages
...XX VL To die Same. THOCGII fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man , f a humorist in a nation of humorists. Though he is generous степ to profusion, he affects to be...
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man in black whom I have often mentioned, is on« whose friendship I could wish to acquire, because...manners, it is true, are tinctured with some strange in. consistencies ; and he may be justly termed a 1 umorist in a nation of humorists. Though he is...
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Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...XXVI. TO THE SAME. THOUGH fond of many acquaintances, I desire an intimacy only with a few. The man in black, whom I have often mentioned, is one whose...strange inconsistencies : and he may be justly termed a humourist in a nation of humourists. Though he is generous even to profusion, he affects to be thought...
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