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" Man alone seems to be the only creature who has arrived to the natural size in this poor soil. Every part of the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove, nor brook, lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their... "
New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and epistolary ... - Page 251
by New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827
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The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History ..., Volume 56

Great Britain - 1794 - 892 pages
...ftranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty : yet, with all thefe difadvanujes vantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudeft things alive : — the poor have pride ever to relieve them : — if mankind fhould happen...
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Essays and Criticisms, by Dr. Goldsmith;: With an Account of the ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1798 - 282 pages
...the ftranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty : — yet, with all thefe difadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudeft things alive. — The poor have pride ever ready to relieve them : — if mankind mould happen...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 3

Books and bookselling - 1794 - 512 pages
...cheer the ihanger, or make the inhabitants forget their povetty : —yet, with all thefe difadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudeft things alive. — Ths poor have pride ever ready to relieve them : — -if mankind iliould...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1801 - 424 pages
...with all thefe difadvantages enough to call him do'.vn to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudeft things alive. The poor have pride ever ready to relieve them. If mankind mould happen to defpife them, they are mafters of their own admiration ; and that they can plentifully...
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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ..., Part 2

English literature - 1794 - 802 pages
...cheer the ftranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty : yet, with all thefe diladvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the pioudeft things alive :— the poor VOL. XXV. have pride ever to relieva them : — if mankind ihould...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty. Yet, with all these disadvantages, enough to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of...admiration ; and that they can. plentifully bestow upon themselves. From their pride and poverty, as I take it, results one advantage this country enjoys...
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ..., Volumes 1-3

English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...grove nor brook lend their music to a stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty ; — yet, with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things fclive. The poor have pridf ever to relieve them : — if mankind should happen to desuise them, they...
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The Athenaeum

England - 1832 - 868 pages
...their THE ATHEN^UM. music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty : yet, with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility,...should happen to despise them, they are masters of theirown admiration, and that they can plentifully bestow on themselves. From their pride and poverty,...
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The Schoolmaster, and Edinburgh Weekly Magazine, Volumes 1-2

Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...papers in after periods : — " The Scotchman," he says, (not, dear reader, the newsr<aprr now sa named) is one of the proudest things alive — the poor have pride ever ready to relieve them — if mankind sb.nild happen to despise them they are masters of their o«n admiration, and that they can plentifully...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1833 - 478 pages
...or brook lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty: yet with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility,...on themselves. From their pride and poverty, as I lake it, results one advantage this country enjoys; namely, the gentlemen arc much better bred than...
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