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O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
Dramaturge
Essayist
Literary Critic
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Physician
Physician Writer
Playwright
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Elphin
County Roscommon
Oliver Goldsmit
Doctor Goldsmith
Oliverio Goldsmith
Oliverus Goldsmith
Olver Goldsmith
Olivier Goldsmith
Dottor Golssmith
Tom Telescope
Solomon Winlove
James Willington
Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
Dr Goldsmith
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Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.
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Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
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Politics resemble religion attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.
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To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.
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The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man.
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