Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 1-2Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... honour , as his politics were known to be at variance with Dr. Knox's , publicly eulogized his treatise on the " Lord's Supper " in the Charges delivered to his Clergy , and recommended it to their particular perusal . - Perhaps ...
... honour , as his politics were known to be at variance with Dr. Knox's , publicly eulogized his treatise on the " Lord's Supper " in the Charges delivered to his Clergy , and recommended it to their particular perusal . - Perhaps ...
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... honour and and by the world be forgotten , till dominion , to set Mirza his servant the moment arrives in which the over the province of Tauris . In the veil of eternity shall fall , and I shall hand of Mirza , the balance of distri- be ...
... honour and and by the world be forgotten , till dominion , to set Mirza his servant the moment arrives in which the over the province of Tauris . In the veil of eternity shall fall , and I shall hand of Mirza , the balance of distri- be ...
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... honours which I so lately sequestered part of the country : my wished to resign . " The king , who dwelling was a ... honour - glow at the approach of the sun , the ed with dominion , be everlasting power of sleep became irresistible ...
... honours which I so lately sequestered part of the country : my wished to resign . " The king , who dwelling was a ... honour - glow at the approach of the sun , the ed with dominion , be everlasting power of sleep became irresistible ...
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... honour so different a bird , will cherish it or infamy , depend . Now , when be- for her own . In all these circum- ginning to act that part , what can be stances , which do not carry an im- of greater moment , than to regulate mediate ...
... honour so different a bird , will cherish it or infamy , depend . Now , when be- for her own . In all these circum- ginning to act that part , what can be stances , which do not carry an im- of greater moment , than to regulate mediate ...
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... honour . Your virtue . In the usual course of hu- character is now of your own form- man affairs it will be found , that a ing ; your fate is in some measure plain understanding , joined with ac- put into your own hands . Your na ...
... honour . Your virtue . In the usual course of hu- character is now of your own form- man affairs it will be found , that a ing ; your fate is in some measure plain understanding , joined with ac- put into your own hands . Your na ...
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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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