Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 1-2Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... live by my learning ; ther much advantage over the other . for indeed , he had known very few They had both kept good company , students that had not some stiffness rattled in chariots , glittered in play- in their manner . They ...
... live by my learning ; ther much advantage over the other . for indeed , he had known very few They had both kept good company , students that had not some stiffness rattled in chariots , glittered in play- in their manner . They ...
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... live ten thousand and disappear in such quick succes- more , would be the same thing he is sions , are only to receive their first at present . Were a human soul thus rudiments of existence here , and af- at a stand in her ...
... live ten thousand and disappear in such quick succes- more , would be the same thing he is sions , are only to receive their first at present . Were a human soul thus rudiments of existence here , and af- at a stand in her ...
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... live within the cult a task in the father ; and defer- influence of them . ence , amidst the impulse of gay de- My son and I are not of fortune sires , appears unreasonable to the to communicate our good actions or son . There are so ...
... live within the cult a task in the father ; and defer- influence of them . ence , amidst the impulse of gay de- My son and I are not of fortune sires , appears unreasonable to the to communicate our good actions or son . There are so ...
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... live thoughtless of the make haste to give while his gift can past , and careless of the future , with- be enjoyed , and remember that every out will , and perhaps without power moment of delay takes away some- to compute the periods of ...
... live thoughtless of the make haste to give while his gift can past , and careless of the future , with- be enjoyed , and remember that every out will , and perhaps without power moment of delay takes away some- to compute the periods of ...
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... 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 - vised to the ...
... 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 - vised to the ...
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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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