Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 1-2Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... sure will bring likewise very reasonably deprive a him to a joyful harbour . man of this cheerfulness of temper . A man , who uses his best endea- There is something so particularly vours to live according to the dic- gloomy and ...
... sure will bring likewise very reasonably deprive a him to a joyful harbour . man of this cheerfulness of temper . A man , who uses his best endea- There is something so particularly vours to live according to the dic- gloomy and ...
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... sure since- Every one ought to fence against rity is better : for why does any man the temper of his climate or consti- dissemble , or seem to be that which he tution , and frequently to indulge in is not , but because he thinks it good ...
... sure since- Every one ought to fence against rity is better : for why does any man the temper of his climate or consti- dissemble , or seem to be that which he tution , and frequently to indulge in is not , but because he thinks it good ...
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... sure of the king that I should stand not the hand of Heaven also supply before him . Now , therefore , be not thee with food ; when that which offended ; I boast of no knowledge prevents thee from procuring it for that I have not ...
... sure of the king that I should stand not the hand of Heaven also supply before him . Now , therefore , be not thee with food ; when that which offended ; I boast of no knowledge prevents thee from procuring it for that I have not ...
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... sure . It is the appointed vehicle of nourable occupations of youth . The every good man . It is the indispen- desire of it discovers a liberal mind , sable condition of our possessing a and is connected with many accom- sound mind in a ...
... sure . It is the appointed vehicle of nourable occupations of youth . The every good man . It is the indispen- desire of it discovers a liberal mind , sable condition of our possessing a and is connected with many accom- sound mind in a ...
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... sure process ; to travel all within its sphere . gently , with proper guides to direct . us , through the most beautiful and Seed . fruitful regions of knowledge in ge- $ 41. Diffidence of one's Abilities , an Indication of good Sense ...
... sure process ; to travel all within its sphere . gently , with proper guides to direct . us , through the most beautiful and Seed . fruitful regions of knowledge in ge- $ 41. Diffidence of one's Abilities , an Indication of good Sense ...
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