Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 1-2Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... able to make their one compliance prepares us for ano- appearance . Rambler . 4. The Advantages of a good Education . ther ; we in time lose the happiness If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon pects of ...
... able to make their one compliance prepares us for ano- appearance . Rambler . 4. The Advantages of a good Education . ther ; we in time lose the happiness If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon pects of ...
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... able regions of matter . If we consider him in his omni- In order to recover myself from presence : his being passes through , this mortifying thought , I considered actuates , and supports the whole that it took its rise from those nar ...
... able regions of matter . If we consider him in his omni- In order to recover myself from presence : his being passes through , this mortifying thought , I considered actuates , and supports the whole that it took its rise from those nar ...
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... able to consume , our lives , deavour to let no particle of time fall though much contracted by inci- useless to the ground . dental distraction , would yet afford It is usual for those who are ad- us a large space vacant to the exer ...
... able to consume , our lives , deavour to let no particle of time fall though much contracted by inci- useless to the ground . dental distraction , would yet afford It is usual for those who are ad- us a large space vacant to the exer ...
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... able fatigue of a necessary journey . which fewer people do know , than The more hours a day you travel , the true use and value of time . It is the sooner you will be at your jour- in every body's mouth ; but in few ney's end . The ...
... able fatigue of a necessary journey . which fewer people do know , than The more hours a day you travel , the true use and value of time . It is the sooner you will be at your jour- in every body's mouth ; but in few ney's end . The ...
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... able to be- therefore he will not endeavour to come at least decent , if not eminent , acquire knowledge : he is not to la- in their several stations , by unweari- bour in any vocation , therefore he ed and keen application : nor are ...
... able to be- therefore he will not endeavour to come at least decent , if not eminent , acquire knowledge : he is not to la- in their several stations , by unweari- bour in any vocation , therefore he ed and keen application : nor are ...
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Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry (Classic Reprint) Vicesimus Knox No preview available - 2018 |
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