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" I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one... "
The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of ... - Page 432
by James Hardie - 1801
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An elementary German grammar

Charles W F Fischer- Fischart - German language - 1872 - 230 pages
...sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted (p. 174) to play for people of fashion ; but they always thought my performance...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 pages
...amusement into a present means of subsistence. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but also a subsistence for the next day." He thus by expedients worked his way through Flanders, parts...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...subsistence. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards night-fall, I played one ft tnv •no« merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence f >r the next day.1' So »ko the lines In " The Traveller," In Ule picture of the Swiss— 11 And haply,...
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Extracts from Goldsmith's 'Vicar of Wakefield', with life of the author and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1876 - 128 pages
...them sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day In all the foreign universities and convents there are upon certain days philosophical theses maintained...
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith, with the addition of The vicar of ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1877 - 526 pages
...them sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion ; but they always thought my performance odious,...
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Chambers's national reading-books, Book 6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my merry tunes; and that procured me not only a lodging but subsistence for the next day.' 243. Choir, band of dancers; as Gr. choros, Lat. chorus. Cf. Lytton, Pausanias, the Spartan, Bk. III.,...
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Exercises for Translating English Into German

Emil Otto - German language - 1878 - 188 pages
...other parts of Germany. " Whenever I approached," he said, " a peasant's house toward night-fall,4 I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...lodging, but subsistence for the next day; but in truth, I must own, whenever I attempted 133. M) entertain persons of a higher rank, they always thought my...
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Traveller ...: With Introduction, Life of the Author, Argument, & Notes

Oliver Goldsmith - 1879 - 184 pages
...them sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day In all the foreign universities and convents there are upon certain days philosophical theses maintained...
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The Little gleaner, Volumes 1-2

1879 - 528 pages
...amusement into a present means of subsistence. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day." 18o THE LITTLE GLEANER. ANECDOTES OF THE DOG. flHE dog has been a domestic animal for many centuries....
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The vicar of Wakefield, with illustr. in permanent photography

Oliver Goldsmith - 1880 - 380 pages
...sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured...only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for people of fashion ; but they always thought my performance odious,...
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