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" We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of the sea; we were to supply all Europe with herrings upon our own terms. At present we hear no more of all this. We have fished up very little gold that I can learn ; nor do we furnish the world with... "
The life of Dr. Parnell. The life of Henry Lord Viscount Bolingbroke ... - Page 251
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1820
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Life and Notes, Volume 4

Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...employed all Grub Street ; it was the topic in every coffeehouse, and the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of...with herrings as was expected. Let us wait but a few years longer, and we shall find all our expectations a herring fishery. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ACADEMIES...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...employed all Grubstreet ; it was the topic in every coflee-house, and the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of...furnish the world with herrings as was expected. Let MS wait but a few years longer, and we shall find nil our expectations a hering fishery. SOME ACCOUNT...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 430 pages
...employed all Gruhstreet ; it was the topic in every coffee-house, and the burden of every ballad. Wo were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of...we furnish the world with herrings as was expected. Lei us watt but a few years longer, and we shall find all our expectations a hiring fishery. SOME ACCOUNT...
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The Young Lady's Book of Elegant Prose: Comprising Selections from the Works ...

American literature - 1836 - 342 pages
...employed all Grubstrcet ; it was the topic in every coffce-house, and the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of...with herrings, as was expected. Let us wait but a few years longer, and we shall find all our expectations a herringfishery. GOLDSMITH. THE HILL OP SCIENCE....
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1837 - 614 pages
...employed all Grub-street ; it was the topic in every coffee-house, and the burthen of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of...with herrings, as was expected. Let us wait but a few years longer, and we shall find all our expectations a herring fishery ! THE ACADEMIES OF ITALY. There...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...topic in every coffee-house, and the burden af every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold fiom their robbers and highwaymen. Perhaps no people can...showing that they understand a distinction in crimes, m wait but a few years longer, and we shall find all over expectation* a herring fishery. SOME ACCOUNT...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...topic in every coffee-house, and the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold (mm ] o w w s5w6w o=q sQ0 Icam ; nor do we furnish the world with herrings as was expected. IjCt ия irai/ but л few years...
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Poems and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...employed all Grub-street ; it was the topic in every coffee-house, and the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of...upon our own terms. At present we hear no more of this. We have fished up very little gold that I can learn ; nor do we furnish the world with herrings,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1840 - 504 pages
...every coffee-house, and the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the boltom of the sea ; we were to supply all Europe with herrings...we furnish the world with herrings as was expected. Lei us wait but a few years longer, and we shall find all our expectations a herring fishery. SOME...
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Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...forward, bustling and swelling, and aptly compared to a puddle in a storm. the burden of every ballad. We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of...with herrings as was expected. Let us wait but a few years longer, and we shall find all our expectations a herring-fishery. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ACADEMIES...
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