Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 1-2Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... given to it by the public has been almost unexampled . The work was subsequently extended to three volumes , and the name of the author no longer concealed . It has been translated into most of the European languages ; and at once ...
... given to it by the public has been almost unexampled . The work was subsequently extended to three volumes , and the name of the author no longer concealed . It has been translated into most of the European languages ; and at once ...
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... given away to misery and mor- those which thou here discoverest , tality tortured in life , and swallow - reaching further than thine eye , or ed up in death ! The genius being even thine imagination , can extend moved with compassion ...
... given away to misery and mor- those which thou here discoverest , tality tortured in life , and swallow - reaching further than thine eye , or ed up in death ! The genius being even thine imagination , can extend moved with compassion ...
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... given him and many spent their last selves saw likely to perish soon by moments in cautioning others against irreparable decay . the folly by which they were inter- In the midst of the current of cepted in the midst of their course ...
... given him and many spent their last selves saw likely to perish soon by moments in cautioning others against irreparable decay . the folly by which they were inter- In the midst of the current of cepted in the midst of their course ...
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... given to my children ! pleasure I received from her careful After I had viewed the piece , I cast attendance , contributed more to my my eyes upon the young lady , and then upon the gentleman I had The duties required of BOOK I. ] 19 ...
... given to my children ! pleasure I received from her careful After I had viewed the piece , I cast attendance , contributed more to my my eyes upon the young lady , and then upon the gentleman I had The duties required of BOOK I. ] 19 ...
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... given me the dominion of a cause like brutes they do not consi- country , fruitful as the gardens of der that they shall die ? Or who , in- Damascus ; and a city glorious above deed , are the Faithful ? Are the busy all others , except ...
... given me the dominion of a cause like brutes they do not consi- country , fruitful as the gardens of der that they shall die ? Or who , in- Damascus ; and a city glorious above deed , are the Faithful ? Are the busy all others , except ...
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Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry (Classic Reprint) Vicesimus Knox No preview available - 2018 |
Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry (Classic Reprint) Vicesimus Knox No preview available - 2017 |
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