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Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - English essays - 1765 - 252 pages
..." much care to go down into the country, but *t .kept about the town, and did, litUe jobbs ** wheij I could get them. " I WAS very happy in this manner for fome " time, till one evening, coming home from " work, two men knocked me down, and then " defired...
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Annual Register, Volume 9

Edmund Burke - History - 1767 - 632 pages
...indifted for a vagabond once more, fo did not much care to go down into the country, but kept about the town, and did little jobs when I could get them. I was very happy in this manner for fome time, till one evening ' coming home from work, two men knocked me down, and then defired me to...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 6

1786 - 782 pages
...* it's defi-nci ! I wi- afriid, however, ' that I mould be imlioted for a vagi' bond once more, fo did not much care 'to go into the country, but kept about ' town, and did little jobs when I could ' trt them. I wan very happy in this ' manner for foine time ; till one even' ing, coming home from...
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The Prose epitome; or, Extracts, elegant, instructive, and entertaining ...

Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...indiéled for a vagabond one« more, fo I did not much care to go down into the country, but kept about the town, and did little jobs when I could get them. " I was very happy in this manner for fume time, till one evening, coming home from woi'k, two men knocked me down¿ and then defired me...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...for a vaga" bond once more ; fo did not much care to go ".down into the country, but kept about the " town, and did little jobs when I could get " them. < " I was very happy in this manner for fome time, " till one evening, coming home from work, two " men knocked me down, and then defired me...
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 9

Edmund Burke - History - 1793 - 620 pages
...idled for a vagabond once more, fo did not much care to go down into the coutitty, but krpt about the town, and did little jobs when I could get them. «• I was very happy in this manner/ for feme time, till one evening coniinp home from woik, two men knocked me down, and then rlefired me to...
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Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].

1795 - 94 pages
...expired, I worked my passage home, and glad I was to see Old England again, because I loved my country. I was afraid, however, that I should be indicted for a vagabond once morej so I did not much care to go down into the country but kept about the town, and did little jobs...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...for a vagabond once more, fo I did not much care to go down •' into the country, but kept about the town, and did little jobs when I could ! get them. " I was very happy in this manner for ; fome time, till one evening, coming home 1 from work, two men knocked me down, 1 and then defired...
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A Mirror for the Female Sex: Historical Beauties for Young Ladies, Intended ...

Mrs. Pilkington (Mary) - Conduct of life - 1799 - 274 pages
...indi&ed for a vagabond once more, fo did not much care to go down into the country, but kept about the town, and did little jobs when I could get them. , " I was very happy in this manner for fome time, till one evening coming home from work, two men knocked me down, and then defired me to...
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The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 258 pages
...becaufe I loved my country. O liberty ! liberty ! liberty ! that is the property of every Englifhman, and I will die in its defence : I was afraid, however, that I mould be indifted for a vagabond once more, fo did not much care to go into the country, but kept about...
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