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Page 74
We have already witnessed the absurdity of the decrepit octogenarian unable to give up the habits of younger days : An old man thus striving after pleasure is indeed an object of pity ; but a man at once old and poor , running on in ...
We have already witnessed the absurdity of the decrepit octogenarian unable to give up the habits of younger days : An old man thus striving after pleasure is indeed an object of pity ; but a man at once old and poor , running on in ...
Page 98
“ The more various our artificial necessities , the wider is our circle of pleasure ; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise . Luxury , therefore , as it increases our wants , increases our capacity for ...
“ The more various our artificial necessities , the wider is our circle of pleasure ; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise . Luxury , therefore , as it increases our wants , increases our capacity for ...
Page 102
Have we not seen , at pleasure's lordly call , The smiling long - frequented village fall . .. ? ( 11.397ff .; 4 : 267 ) The argument of “ The Deserted Village ” is compactly anticipated here . The destruction of rural communities is in ...
Have we not seen , at pleasure's lordly call , The smiling long - frequented village fall . .. ? ( 11.397ff .; 4 : 267 ) The argument of “ The Deserted Village ” is compactly anticipated here . The destruction of rural communities is in ...
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| Title | Oliver Goldsmith Revisited Issue 487 of Twayne's English authors series |
| Authors | Former Chair of English Peter Dixon, Peter Dixon |
| Contributor | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Twayne Publishers, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0805770089, 9780805770087 |
| Length | 157 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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