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... friendship and love . But this was an interview fatal to the future peace of both ; for Septimius no fooner faw her , but he was fmitten with an involuntary paffion ; and , though he used every effort to fupprefs defires at once fo ...
... friendship and love . But this was an interview fatal to the future peace of both ; for Septimius no fooner faw her , but he was fmitten with an involuntary paffion ; and , though he used every effort to fupprefs defires at once fo ...
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... friendship and honours of the principal citizens of Rome ; lived afterwards in happiness and ease ; and left it to be engraved on his tomb , ' That no circumftances are fo defperate which Providence may not relieve , ESSAY III . 1 To ...
... friendship and honours of the principal citizens of Rome ; lived afterwards in happiness and ease ; and left it to be engraved on his tomb , ' That no circumftances are fo defperate which Providence may not relieve , ESSAY III . 1 To ...
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... friendship , was now turned into rivalry . Yet I could not obferve , that , amidst all this flattery and obfequious attention , our great men took any notice of the rest of the company . Their whole difcourfe was addressed to each other ...
... friendship , was now turned into rivalry . Yet I could not obferve , that , amidst all this flattery and obfequious attention , our great men took any notice of the rest of the company . Their whole difcourfe was addressed to each other ...
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... to have an ext meeting , it fhall be advertised by fome name in the newspapers . SAUNDERS MAC - WILD , ANTHONY BLEWIT , vice - p his mark . WILLIAM TURPIN , fecret V. ESSAY Worldly Friendship . No Man can mend bis 34 ESSAYS .
... to have an ext meeting , it fhall be advertised by fome name in the newspapers . SAUNDERS MAC - WILD , ANTHONY BLEWIT , vice - p his mark . WILLIAM TURPIN , fecret V. ESSAY Worldly Friendship . No Man can mend bis 34 ESSAYS .
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Containing All His Essays and Poems Oliver Goldsmith. V. ESSAY Worldly Friendship . No Man can mend bis Condition by being pitied . IT is ufually faid by grammarians , that the use of language is to exprefs our wants and de- fires ; but ...
Containing All His Essays and Poems Oliver Goldsmith. V. ESSAY Worldly Friendship . No Man can mend bis Condition by being pitied . IT is ufually faid by grammarians , that the use of language is to exprefs our wants and de- fires ; but ...
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Page 170 - Frenchmen : we had no arms ; but one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time : so we went down to the door, where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence, nine of us ran together to the quay...
Page xi - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.