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 152
... seemed impudence , made people think that he let them into his secrets , whilst the impoliteness of his man- ners seemed to attest his sincerity . When he found any body proof against pecuniary temptations ; which , alas ! a most ...
... seemed impudence , made people think that he let them into his secrets , whilst the impoliteness of his man- ners seemed to attest his sincerity . When he found any body proof against pecuniary temptations ; which , alas ! a most ...
Page 164
... seemed to take the direc- for the length and rapidity of their tion of his powers and passions ; for current , and the grandeur of their as a soldier , he was more solicitous cataracts ; others , for the majestic to avoid mistakes that ...
... seemed to take the direc- for the length and rapidity of their tion of his powers and passions ; for current , and the grandeur of their as a soldier , he was more solicitous cataracts ; others , for the majestic to avoid mistakes that ...
Page 242
... seemed to slide from a temple in every heart that owns my beneath their feet , and they found influence ; and to him that wishes themselves at the bottom , before they for me I am already present . Sci- suspected they had changed their ...
... seemed to slide from a temple in every heart that owns my beneath their feet , and they found influence ; and to him that wishes themselves at the bottom , before they for me I am already present . Sci- suspected they had changed their ...
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On the Constitution of England Montesquieu | 3 |
Necessity of the Union | 23 |
The Feudal System | 30 |
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