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 127
... sure , pronounce ages . of any gentleman , who kept mean How many could I mention , to company , that there was little hope whom nature has been most liberal of his ever acting a part , which of her endowments , who are barely would ...
... sure , pronounce ages . of any gentleman , who kept mean How many could I mention , to company , that there was little hope whom nature has been most liberal of his ever acting a part , which of her endowments , who are barely would ...
Page 130
... sure , but he apprehended that he to be enjoyed . could easily leave it : had he con- We can no more long bear plea- sidered his whole life likely to be sure , than we can long endure fa- passed in its windings , the prefer - tigue ; or ...
... sure , but he apprehended that he to be enjoyed . could easily leave it : had he con- We can no more long bear plea- sidered his whole life likely to be sure , than we can long endure fa- passed in its windings , the prefer - tigue ; or ...
Page 133
... sure , but he apprehended that he to be enjoyed . could easily leave it : had he con- We can no more long bear plea- sidered his whole life likely to be sure , than we can long endure fa- passed in its windings , the prefer- tigue ; or ...
... sure , but he apprehended that he to be enjoyed . could easily leave it : had he con- We can no more long bear plea- sidered his whole life likely to be sure , than we can long endure fa- passed in its windings , the prefer- tigue ; or ...
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