Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 1-2Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... ment , while he lived in London , the situation of his benefices in Essex not permitting residence , he never withheld his powerful aid from the pulpit , whenever it was solicited in favour of the various charities with which the ...
... ment , while he lived in London , the situation of his benefices in Essex not permitting residence , he never withheld his powerful aid from the pulpit , whenever it was solicited in favour of the various charities with which the ...
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... ment , he soon forgot the rudder , and last ; and with this promise every left himself again to the disposal of one was satisfied , though he laughed chance . at the rest for seeming to believe it . This negligence did not proceed Hope ...
... ment , he soon forgot the rudder , and last ; and with this promise every left himself again to the disposal of one was satisfied , though he laughed chance . at the rest for seeming to believe it . This negligence did not proceed Hope ...
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... ment or palliation . pentance ; and wish , but too often Son , " said the hermit , " let the vainly wish , that we had not for- errors and follies , the dangers and saken the ways of virtue . Happy escape of this day , sink deep into ...
... ment or palliation . pentance ; and wish , but too often Son , " said the hermit , " let the vainly wish , that we had not for- errors and follies , the dangers and saken the ways of virtue . Happy escape of this day , sink deep into ...
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... ment of those hours , which , in the between each of which the mind midst of the most restless activity , may lie at rest . For every single act will remain unengaged , to write more of progression a short time is suffi- than another in ...
... ment of those hours , which , in the between each of which the mind midst of the most restless activity , may lie at rest . For every single act will remain unengaged , to write more of progression a short time is suffi- than another in ...
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... ment of him , with whom there is our end , carrying us thither in a fulness of joy , and at whose right straight line , and will hold out and hand are pleasures for evermore . " last longest . The arts of deceit and Spectator . cunning ...
... ment of him , with whom there is our end , carrying us thither in a fulness of joy , and at whose right straight line , and will hold out and hand are pleasures for evermore . " last longest . The arts of deceit and Spectator . cunning ...
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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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