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aimed directly at the weakest part of Hume's , where he exalts tradesmen and merchants as constituting a pressure group on behalf of political liberty . They have “ no hopes of tyrannizing over others , " says Hume , since it is against ...
aimed directly at the weakest part of Hume's , where he exalts tradesmen and merchants as constituting a pressure group on behalf of political liberty . They have “ no hopes of tyrannizing over others , " says Hume , since it is against ...
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nomic , moral , and political checks . The poem presents it as a fatally addictive poison , but discovers no antidote : " O luxury ! Thou cursed by Heaven's decree ... / How do thy potions with insidious joy , / Diffuse their pleasures ...
nomic , moral , and political checks . The poem presents it as a fatally addictive poison , but discovers no antidote : " O luxury ! Thou cursed by Heaven's decree ... / How do thy potions with insidious joy , / Diffuse their pleasures ...
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He may also have suggested an intensification of the political note : " Casts a long look where England's glories shine / And bids his bosom sympathize with mine . " The couplet has a political dimension that its predecessor lacked ...
He may also have suggested an intensification of the political note : " Casts a long look where England's glories shine / And bids his bosom sympathize with mine . " The couplet has a political dimension that its predecessor lacked ...
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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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