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... thought . But the misery of these tiresome intervals he has many means of alleviating . He has persuaded himself that the manual arts are undeservedly over- looked ; he has observed in many trades the effects of close thought and just ...
... thought . But the misery of these tiresome intervals he has many means of alleviating . He has persuaded himself that the manual arts are undeservedly over- looked ; he has observed in many trades the effects of close thought and just ...
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... thoughts as I have here set down float before me like motes before my half - shut eyes , or some vivid image of the ... thought , nay even without thinking . Somewhat of this idle humour I inherit from my father , though he had not the ...
... thoughts as I have here set down float before me like motes before my half - shut eyes , or some vivid image of the ... thought , nay even without thinking . Somewhat of this idle humour I inherit from my father , though he had not the ...
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... thought of the money- and thought of the money , and looked again at the picture -was there no pleasure in being a poor man ? Now , you have nothing to do but to walk into Colnaghi's and buy a wilderness of Leonardos . Yet do you ...
... thought of the money- and thought of the money , and looked again at the picture -was there no pleasure in being a poor man ? Now , you have nothing to do but to walk into Colnaghi's and buy a wilderness of Leonardos . Yet do you ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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