The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 3W. Otridge, 1812 |
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... increase our positive satis- factions 166 XLIV . The ardour of the people of London in running after sights and monsters XLV . A dream XLVI . Misery best relieved by dissipation 171 176 181 XLVII . The absurdity of persons in high ...
... increase our positive satis- factions 166 XLIV . The ardour of the people of London in running after sights and monsters XLV . A dream XLVI . Misery best relieved by dissipation 171 176 181 XLVII . The absurdity of persons in high ...
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... increase some sensual satisfaction , is delightful only to fools , or to men who have by long habit contracted a false idea of plea- sure ; and he who separates sensual and sentimental enjoyments , seeking happiness from mind alone , is ...
... increase some sensual satisfaction , is delightful only to fools , or to men who have by long habit contracted a false idea of plea- sure ; and he who separates sensual and sentimental enjoyments , seeking happiness from mind alone , is ...
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... increases our wants , increases our capacity for happiness . Examine the history of any country remarkable for opulence and wisdom , you will find they would never have been wise had they not been first luxu- rious ; you will find poets ...
... increases our wants , increases our capacity for happiness . Examine the history of any country remarkable for opulence and wisdom , you will find they would never have been wise had they not been first luxu- rious ; you will find poets ...
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... increase of power . It is in the politic as in the human constitu- tion ; if the limbs grow too large for the body , their size , instead of improving , will diminish the vigour of the whole . The colonies should always bear an exact ...
... increase of power . It is in the politic as in the human constitu- tion ; if the limbs grow too large for the body , their size , instead of improving , will diminish the vigour of the whole . The colonies should always bear an exact ...
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... increase trade by " settling new colonies ; riches are the strength of a " nation ; and for the rest , our ships , our ships alone " will protect us . " I found it vain to oppose my feeble arguments to those of a man who thought himself ...
... increase trade by " settling new colonies ; riches are the strength of a " nation ; and for the rest , our ships , our ships alone " will protect us . " I found it vain to oppose my feeble arguments to those of a man who thought himself ...
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Page 217 - When I consider that those parliaments (the members of which are all created by the court, the presidents of which can act only by immediate direction) presume even to mention privileges and freedom who till of late received directions from the throne with implicit humility ; when this is considered, I cannot help fancying that the genius of freedom has entered that kingdom in disguise. If they have but three weak monarchs more successively on the throne, the mask will be laid aside, and the country...
Page 275 - ... he was quite disgusted with small gains, and his customers began to forsake him. Every day he repeated the wish, and every night laid himself down in order to dream. Fortune that was for a long time unkind, at last, however, seemed to smile upon his distresses, and indulged him with the wished-for vision.
Page 91 - ... with affection and esteem ; he wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and rendered us incapable of withstanding the slightest impulse made either by real or fictitious distress. In a word, we were perfectly instructed in the art of giving away thousands before we were taught the necessary qualifications of getting a farthing.
Page 449 - Poor houseless creatures ! the world will give you reproaches, but will not give you relief. The slightest misfortunes of the great, the most imaginary uneasiness of the rich, are aggravated with all the power of eloquence, and held up to engage our attention and sympathetic sorrow. The poor weep unheeded, persecuted by every subordinate species of tyranny ; and every law which gives others security, becomes an enemy to them.
Page 214 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase : the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy ; I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and, after having...
Page 277 - I must confess, that, upon entering the gardens, I found every sense overpaid with more than expected pleasure: the lights everywhere glimmering through the scarcely moving trees; the full-bodied concert bursting on the stillness of the night, the natural concert of the birds, in the more retired part of the grove, vying with that which was formed by art; the company...
Page 456 - I was very happy in this manner for some time ; till one evening, coming home from work, two men knocked me down, and then desired me to stand still. They belonged to a press-gang...
Page 331 - A man of letters at present, whose works are valuable, is perfectly sensible of their value. Every polite member of the community, by buying what he writes, contributes to reward him. The ridicule, therefore, of living in a garret might have been wit in the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now may easily be rich, if his heart be set only on fortune; and for those who have no merit it is but fit that such should remain in merited obscurity.
Page 90 - Taffy in the sedan-chair was sure to set the table in a roar. Thus his pleasure increased in proportion to the pleasure he gave ; he loved all the world, and he fancied all the world loved him.
Page 243 - Marienburgh was taken by assault ; and such was the fury of the assailants, that not only the garrison, but almost all the inhabitants, men, women, and children, were put to the sword ; at length when the carnage was pretty well over, Catharina was found hid in an oven.