Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 2S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 155
... never could first that ever made that objection , I be persuaded that mankind really cannot affirm ; but I suspect that he thought of him as they did ; for surely never man had a higher reputation , He was a true constitutional , and and ...
... never could first that ever made that objection , I be persuaded that mankind really cannot affirm ; but I suspect that he thought of him as they did ; for surely never man had a higher reputation , He was a true constitutional , and and ...
Page 259
... never smile ; ards ! give me a cup of sack , rogue . whereas well - bred people often smile , Is there no virtue extant ? [ He but seldom laugh . A witty thing drinks . ] - You rogue , here's lime in never excited laughter ; it pleases ...
... never smile ; ards ! give me a cup of sack , rogue . whereas well - bred people often smile , Is there no virtue extant ? [ He but seldom laugh . A witty thing drinks . ] - You rogue , here's lime in never excited laughter ; it pleases ...
Page 275
... never obliged so far to reflect , as to say she spoiled me ; and a fa- $ 25 . Envy . Pope . ther , who never found himself oblig- ed to say of me , that he disapproved my conduct . In a word , my lord , I Envy is almost the only vice ...
... never obliged so far to reflect , as to say she spoiled me ; and a fa- $ 25 . Envy . Pope . ther , who never found himself oblig- ed to say of me , that he disapproved my conduct . In a word , my lord , I Envy is almost the only vice ...
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On the Constitution of England Montesquieu | 3 |
Necessity of the Union | 23 |
The Feudal System | 30 |
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