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Oliver Goldsmith. " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling , and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things , More trifling still than they . " And what is friendship but a name , A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that ...
Oliver Goldsmith. " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling , and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things , More trifling still than they . " And what is friendship but a name , A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that ...
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... trifling , which , if I may so express it , often deceives us into instruction . Dry reasoning , and dull morality , have no force with the wild fantastic libertine . He must be met with smiles , and courted with the allurements of ...
... trifling , which , if I may so express it , often deceives us into instruction . Dry reasoning , and dull morality , have no force with the wild fantastic libertine . He must be met with smiles , and courted with the allurements of ...
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... trifling , I must present you , in- adequate as my abilities are to the subject , with some account of those personages who lead in this honourable profession . The first upon the list of glory is doctor Richard Rock , F. U. N. This ...
... trifling , I must present you , in- adequate as my abilities are to the subject , with some account of those personages who lead in this honourable profession . The first upon the list of glory is doctor Richard Rock , F. U. N. This ...
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