“The” Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

R.Morison, 1812

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The great exchange happineſs for ſhew	6

the Chineſe philofopher	7

The defcription of London continued	13

The difference between love and gratitude	15

Engliſh pride Liberty An inſtance	19

The folly of attempting to learn wifdom	22

Happineſs loſt by ſeeking after refinement	32

The influence of climate and foil upon	148

cauſes	155

The fondness of fome to admire	158

The proceedings of the club of authors	164

The philofophers fon is again feparated	165

Almost every fubject of literature	173

The perfection of the Chineſe in the	174

A vifit from the little beau The indul	183

The fear of mad dogs ridiculed	34

The Chineſe deceived by a proſtitute	39

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Ixxii The marriage act cenfured	47

The benefits of luxury in making a people	52

Ixxiii Life endeared by age	54

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An account of Westminster abbey	61

Ixxvi The preference of grace to beauty	66

The reception of the Chineſe from	70

manner	76

Of falſehood propagated by books feem	79

Įxxx The evil tendency of encreaſing penal	84

The ſtory of the Chineſe matron	90

The Engliſh method of treating women	97

Ixxxiii Some cautions on life taken from	103

The Chineſe goes to fee a play	108

The trifling ſquabbles of ſtageplayers	113

The Chineſe Philofophers fon made	118

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The venders of quack medicines and nof	127

The character of the man in black with	138

The Engliſh ſubject to the ſpleen	142

The hiſtory of the man in black	144

The manner of writing among the Chi	185

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Of the preſent ridiculous paſſion of	193

The paffion for gaming among ladies ridi	198

The arts ſome make uſe of to appear learned	204

running after fights and monsters 258	205

The correfpondence ſtill continued	208

Funeral elegies written upon the great	215

The Chineſe Philofopher praifes	216

The defcription of true politeneſs	222

eviii The utility and entertainment which might	223

The Engliſh ſtill have poets though	229

On the different fects in England parti	235

The history of China more replete with	238

An apoftrophe on the ſuppoſed death	245

A literary contest of great importance	246

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Whether love be a natural or a fictiti	256

A city nightpiece	262

On the diſtreſs of the poor exemplified	270

The abfurdity of perfons in high ſtation	275

The manner of travellers in their usual	278

The conclufion	285

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Ixxxvii The folly of the western parts of	viii

Title	“The” Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1 “The” Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith
Author	Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher	R.Morison, 1812
Original from	National Library of Israel
Digitized	6 Sep 2019

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