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" ... the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. "
The Bee: And Other Essays - Pagina 48
door Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 281 pagina’s
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Select British Classics, Volume 3

1804 - 174 pagina’s
...who 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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith..

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pagina’s
...who 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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 350 pagina’s
...who 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 favors, we shall find that...
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Essays, Poems and Plays: With a Preface

Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pagina’s
...and desires ; hnt men who know the world hold, and I think with some show of reason, that he who hest knows how to keep his necessities private, is the...likely person to have them redressed; and that the trne nse of speech is not so mnch to express onr wants as to conceal them. When we reflect on the manner...
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The Poetical Works, and Essays, of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pagina’s
...desires ; but men who know the world, hold, and 1 think with some show of reason, that he who hest knows how to keep his necessities private, is the...that the true use of speech is not SO much to express oar wants, as to conceal them. When we reflect on the manner in which mankind generally confer their...
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Essays and The Bee, Volumes 1-2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 514 pagina’s
...who 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 favours, we shall find...
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Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pagina’s
...that the use of language is to express our wants and drsires ; but men who know the world hold, and I think with some show of reason, that he who best knows...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...
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The British Prose Writers...: Goldsmith's essays, and Bee

1821 - 384 pagina’s
...who 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 favours, we shall find...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The life of Dr. Parnell. The ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 448 pagina’s
...who 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 9enerally confer their favours, we shall find,...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 1

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pagina’s
...that the use of language is to express our wants and desires; but men who know the world hold, and I think with some show of reason, that he who best knows...is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. — Goldsmith. DCCCLXI. When upon a trial a man calls witnesses to Iiis character, and those...
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