Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 1S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 102
... means of any of these advan- honourable to revenge , than to for- tages are , or ought to be , actuated by give an injury ; who make no scru- this glorious principle . ple of telling a lie , but would put any But as nothing is more ...
... means of any of these advan- honourable to revenge , than to for- tages are , or ought to be , actuated by give an injury ; who make no scru- this glorious principle . ple of telling a lie , but would put any But as nothing is more ...
Page 112
... means must render him unwilling to avow are ! the most just disapprobation of what Did you ever hear Charles - tell his companions agree in acting , or a good story - make a shrewd obser- commending . He is by no means to vation - drop ...
... means must render him unwilling to avow are ! the most just disapprobation of what Did you ever hear Charles - tell his companions agree in acting , or a good story - make a shrewd obser- commending . He is by no means to vation - drop ...
Page 137
... means suppose , that our tience . amusements are not to be limited , as When we throw off the load , which by other considerations , so by this Providence has thought fit to lay upon in particular - the expense which us , we fail ...
... means suppose , that our tience . amusements are not to be limited , as When we throw off the load , which by other considerations , so by this Providence has thought fit to lay upon in particular - the expense which us , we fail ...
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