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 350
... seems to have got what- them , to inflame others to follow their ever reputation he had , rather as great examples . their first , than as a good writer ; The names of almost all these po- for Cicero , who admired these old ets sleep in ...
... seems to have got what- them , to inflame others to follow their ever reputation he had , rather as great examples . their first , than as a good writer ; The names of almost all these po- for Cicero , who admired these old ets sleep in ...
Page 360
... seems in danger of ten so much , and so gallantly , about being stranded on the sands at the the pleasure of dying ) behaved him- bottom of the sea ; and must inevi- self in the most despicable manner . tably have been lost , had not ...
... seems in danger of ten so much , and so gallantly , about being stranded on the sands at the the pleasure of dying ) behaved him- bottom of the sea ; and must inevi- self in the most despicable manner . tably have been lost , had not ...
Page 413
... seems and yet , where Apelles is mentioned far too refined ; yet , in general , I once , Homer is celebrated a thou- must agree with you , that works of sand times . Nor can this be ac- the most permanent kind , are not counted for by ...
... seems and yet , where Apelles is mentioned far too refined ; yet , in general , I once , Homer is celebrated a thou- must agree with you , that works of sand times . Nor can this be ac- the most permanent kind , are not counted for by ...
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