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The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs - Seite 317
herausgegeben von - 1839
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Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 Seiten
...best knows how to conceal his necessity and desires, is the most likely person to find redress ; and that the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants, as to conceal them. When we reflect on the manner in which mankind generally confer their favours, we shall find, that...
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Littell's Living Age, Band 24

1850 - 642 Seiten
...dissimulation. ' Men of the world,' says he. in one of the papers of the Bee, ' maintain that the true end of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.' How often is this quoted as one of the subtle remarks of the finewitted Talleyrand !" " The Good-natured...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 Seiten
...best knows how to conceal his necessity and desires, is the most likely person to find redress ; ami that the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants, as to conceal them. When we reflect on the manner in which mankind generally confer their favours, we shall find, that...
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Oliver Gold- smith

Washington Irving - 1849 - 416 Seiten
...dissimulation. '• Men of the world," says he in one of the papers of the Bee, " maintain that the true end of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them." How often is this quoted as one of the subtle remarks of the fine witted Talleyrand ! '• The Good-natured...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Including a Variety of ..., Band 1

Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 602 Seiten
...best knows how to conceal his necessities and desires, is the most likely person to find redress, and that the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. When we reflect on the manner in which mankind generally confer their favors, we shall find that they...
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 Seiten
...best knows how to keep his necessities private, is the most likely person to have them redressed ; and that the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. When we reflect on the manner in which mankind generally confer their favours, there appears something...
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The Works of Washington Irving: Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 Seiten
...dissimulation. " Men of the world," says he in one of the papers of the Bee, " maintain that the true end of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them." How often is this quoted as one of the subtle remarks of the fine witted Talleyrand ! " The Good-natured...
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Works, Band 11

Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 Seiten
...dissimulation " Men of the world," says he in one of the papers of the Bee, "maintain that the true end of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them." How often is this quoted as one of the subtle remarks of the fine witted Talleyrand ! " The Good-natured...
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Norton's Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, Band 2

1855 - 336 Seiten
...knows how to keep his necessities pri. vate, Is tho most likely person to havo them redressed, and that the true use of speech is not so much to express our want* as to conceal them." But it would be scarcely fair, either to Goldsmith or Young's memory —...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...hest knows how to keep his necessities private, is the most likely person to have them redressed ; and that the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants, as to conceal them. When we reflect on the manner in which mankind generally confer their favours, there appears something...
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