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... kind of epidemic bravery , diffused equally through all its ranks . We can show a peasantry of heroes , and fill our armies with clowns , whose courage may vie with that of their general . There may be some pleasure in tracing the ...
... kind of epidemic bravery , diffused equally through all its ranks . We can show a peasantry of heroes , and fill our armies with clowns , whose courage may vie with that of their general . There may be some pleasure in tracing the ...
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... kind of deformity . To instance in a parti- cular part of a feature : the line that forms the ridge of the nose is beautiful when it is straight ; this then is the cen- tral form , which is oftener found than either concave , convex ...
... kind of deformity . To instance in a parti- cular part of a feature : the line that forms the ridge of the nose is beautiful when it is straight ; this then is the cen- tral form , which is oftener found than either concave , convex ...
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... kind ) to a friend . I protest I take as great an interest in my friend's pleasures , his relishes , and proper satisfactions , as in mine own . ' Pres- ents , ' I often say , ' endear Absents . ' Hares , pheasants , partridges , snipes ...
... kind ) to a friend . I protest I take as great an interest in my friend's pleasures , his relishes , and proper satisfactions , as in mine own . ' Pres- ents , ' I often say , ' endear Absents . ' Hares , pheasants , partridges , snipes ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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