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... mind was entirely set upon the fop- peries of the pageant , and quite regardless of the real meaning of such costly preparations . ' Pageants , ' says Bacon , are pretty things ; but we should rather study to make them elegant than ...
... mind was entirely set upon the fop- peries of the pageant , and quite regardless of the real meaning of such costly preparations . ' Pageants , ' says Bacon , are pretty things ; but we should rather study to make them elegant than ...
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... mind is its own place ' ; nor are we anxious to arrive at the end of our journey . I can myself do the honours indifferently well to works of art and curiosity . I once took a party to Oxford with no mean éclat showed them that seat of ...
... mind is its own place ' ; nor are we anxious to arrive at the end of our journey . I can myself do the honours indifferently well to works of art and curiosity . I once took a party to Oxford with no mean éclat showed them that seat of ...
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... mind the fragrance as of summer days gone by , bequeathing nothing but their remembrance for cold and wintry hours to chew upon . Will it be thought a digression ( it may spare some un- welcome comparisons ) , if I endeavour to account ...
... mind the fragrance as of summer days gone by , bequeathing nothing but their remembrance for cold and wintry hours to chew upon . Will it be thought a digression ( it may spare some un- welcome comparisons ) , if I endeavour to account ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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