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The Good Natur'd Man and She Stoops to Conquer - Page xxvi
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 285 pages
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She Stoops to Conquer: Or, the Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. As ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1773 - 120 pages
...flight performance to you, I do not mean fo much to compliment you as myfelf. It naay do me fome honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may ferve the interefts of mankind alfo to inform them, that the greateft wit may be found in a character,...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Now First ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 296 pages
...flight performance to you, I do not mean fo much to compliment you as myfelf. It may do me fome honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may ferve the interefts of mankind alfo to inform them that the greateft wit may be found in a character,...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 288 pages
...flight performance to you, I do not mean fo much to compliment yon as myfelf. It may do me Come honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may ferve the interefts of mankind alfo to inform, them that the greateft wit may be found in a character,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...do not mean fo much to compliment you, as m} felf. It may do me fome honour to inform the publick, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may ferve the interefts of mankind alfo to inform them, that the greatcft wit may be found in a charafter,...
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Bell's British Theatre, Volume 9

John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 466 pages
...slight performance to you, I do not mean so muck to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years...character, without impairing the most unaffected piety. I have, particularly, reason to thank you for your partiality to this performance. The undertaking...
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The Orphan: Or, The Unhappy Marriage. A Tragedy

Thomas Otway - English drama - 1797 - 466 pages
...mean so much to compliment yon as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I fia-vc lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of manhind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, Without impairing the...
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Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 9

John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy wi1hyou. It may serve the interests of manhind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...I do not-mean EO much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the publick, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you....character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.'' 1773. Johnson observed, that there were very few books v—v—' printed in Scotland before the Union....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...many yean in intimacy with you. It may serve the interest of mankind also to inform them, that th<• greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety." 1 See an account of this learned and respectable gentleman, and of his curious work on the Middle State,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as -myself. It may do me some honor to inform the public, that I have lived many years...character, without impairing the most unaffected piety. I have, particularly, reason to thank you for your par^ tiality to this performance. The undertaking...
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