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الصفحة 47
... asked me . I went to Cork and con- verted my horse , which you prize so much higher than Fiddle- back , into cash , took my passage in a ship bound for America , and , at the same time , paid the captain for my freight and all the other ...
... asked me . I went to Cork and con- verted my horse , which you prize so much higher than Fiddle- back , into cash , took my passage in a ship bound for America , and , at the same time , paid the captain for my freight and all the other ...
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... asking how he thought I could tra- vel above a hundred miles upon one half crown ? ' I begged to borrow a single guinea , which I assured him should be repaid with thanks . ' And you know , sir , ' said I , ' it is no more than I have ...
... asking how he thought I could tra- vel above a hundred miles upon one half crown ? ' I begged to borrow a single guinea , which I assured him should be repaid with thanks . ' And you know , sir , ' said I , ' it is no more than I have ...
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... asked my friend and me to dine with him at his house . This I declined at first , as I wished to have no farther communication with my hospitable friend ; but at the solicitation of both I at last consented , determined as I was by two ...
... asked my friend and me to dine with him at his house . This I declined at first , as I wished to have no farther communication with my hospitable friend ; but at the solicitation of both I at last consented , determined as I was by two ...
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... asked whether he considered himself proof against ocular demon stration ? He persisted in his scoffing . Some solemn process of conjuration was performed , and the comrade supposed to be on his way to London made his appearance . The ...
... asked whether he considered himself proof against ocular demon stration ? He persisted in his scoffing . Some solemn process of conjuration was performed , and the comrade supposed to be on his way to London made his appearance . The ...
الصفحة 106
... to subscribe myself , your ever affectionate and obliged kinsman , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Now see how I blot and blunder , when I am asking a favor . " ORIENTAL APPOINTMENT . 107 CHAPTER X. Oriental appointment - and 106 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
... to subscribe myself , your ever affectionate and obliged kinsman , OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Now see how I blot and blunder , when I am asking a favor . " ORIENTAL APPOINTMENT . 107 CHAPTER X. Oriental appointment - and 106 OLIVER GOLDSMITH .
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الصفحة 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
الصفحة 21 - More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train...
الصفحة 159 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
الصفحة 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
الصفحة 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
الصفحة 79 - Why, why was I born a man, and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve ! Poor houseless creatures ! the world will give you reproaches, but will not give you relief.
الصفحة 134 - Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
الصفحة 194 - 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...
الصفحة 189 - Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner; but no man alive has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin.
الصفحة 167 - I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help: as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men: I look to the booksellers for support; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.