Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons ; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryJ. Johnson, 1808 - 1120 pages An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... appears , spotted as far as thou canst see , are more . in number than the sands on the sea - shore ; there are myriads ... appear miserable , that gives thee opportunities of earning such a re- ward ? Is death to be feared , that will ...
... appears , spotted as far as thou canst see , are more . in number than the sands on the sea - shore ; there are myriads ... appear miserable , that gives thee opportunities of earning such a re- ward ? Is death to be feared , that will ...
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... appear in different kinds of actions , ac- cording as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reason . When ... appears in these poor wretches on many occasions , be raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what colour of ...
... appear in different kinds of actions , ac- cording as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reason . When ... appears in these poor wretches on many occasions , be raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what colour of ...
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... appear in such quick successions , are only to receive their first rudiments of existence here , and afterwards to be transplanted into a more friendly climate , where they may spread and flourish to all eternity ? There is not , in my ...
... appear in such quick successions , are only to receive their first rudiments of existence here , and afterwards to be transplanted into a more friendly climate , where they may spread and flourish to all eternity ? There is not , in my ...
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... appears unreason- able to the son . There are so few who can grow old with a good grace , and yet fewer who can come slow ... appear the worthy offspring of such a father . It is after this manner that Camillus and his first - born dwell ...
... appears unreason- able to the son . There are so few who can grow old with a good grace , and yet fewer who can come slow ... appear the worthy offspring of such a father . It is after this manner that Camillus and his first - born dwell ...
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... appear to be out of a condition of supplying their own necessities . This natural love is not observed in ani- mals ... appears of never so different a bird , will cherish it for her own . In all these circumstances , which do not carry ...
... appear to be out of a condition of supplying their own necessities . This natural love is not observed in ani- mals ... appears of never so different a bird , will cherish it for her own . In all these circumstances , which do not carry ...
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