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Page 33
... better of his leader than of himself . The French count , who has lately published The Art of War , re- marks how much soldiers are animated , when they see all their dangers shared by those who were born to be their masters , and whom ...
... better of his leader than of himself . The French count , who has lately published The Art of War , re- marks how much soldiers are animated , when they see all their dangers shared by those who were born to be their masters , and whom ...
Page 72
... better to my godfather than money . F. was the most gentlemanly of oilmen ; grandiloquent , yet courteous . His delivery of the commonest matters of fact was Ciceronian . He had two Latin words almost constantly in his mouth ( how odd ...
... better to my godfather than money . F. was the most gentlemanly of oilmen ; grandiloquent , yet courteous . His delivery of the commonest matters of fact was Ciceronian . He had two Latin words almost constantly in his mouth ( how odd ...
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... better , much better . Never shall I be called , I promise thee , an unnecessary shedder of blood . Remember , my good prudent friend , of what materials our sectaries are composed : what hostility against all eminence , what rancour ...
... better , much better . Never shall I be called , I promise thee , an unnecessary shedder of blood . Remember , my good prudent friend , of what materials our sectaries are composed : what hostility against all eminence , what rancour ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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