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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... eyes of veteran readers , yet they will always be new to a rising generation . The greater part of this book , however , consists of extracts from more modern books , and from some which have not yet been used for the purpose of ...
... eyes of veteran readers , yet they will always be new to a rising generation . The greater part of this book , however , consists of extracts from more modern books , and from some which have not yet been used for the purpose of ...
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... eyes do drop no tears ; his prayers are jest ; His words come from his mouth ; ours , from our breast ; He prays but ... eye in forming bis Delivery , are , first , to speak so as to be fully and easily understood by all who hear him ...
... eyes do drop no tears ; his prayers are jest ; His words come from his mouth ; ours , from our breast ; He prays but ... eye in forming bis Delivery , are , first , to speak so as to be fully and easily understood by all who hear him ...
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... eyes * I shall only add further on this head , that in order to succeed well in delivery , nothing is more necessary than for a speaker to guard against a certain flutter of spirits , which is peculiarly incident to those who begin to ...
... eyes * I shall only add further on this head , that in order to succeed well in delivery , nothing is more necessary than for a speaker to guard against a certain flutter of spirits , which is peculiarly incident to those who begin to ...
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... eyes , addressing us personally on some sub- ject of importance , the opinion we en- tertain of his character must have a much more powerful effect . But , lest it should be said , that this relates only to the character of virtue ...
... eyes , addressing us personally on some sub- ject of importance , the opinion we en- tertain of his character must have a much more powerful effect . But , lest it should be said , that this relates only to the character of virtue ...
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... eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me , where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd , with a little mu- sical instrument in his hand . As I looked upon him , he applied it to his lips , and be- gan to play ...
... eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me , where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd , with a little mu- sical instrument in his hand . As I looked upon him , he applied it to his lips , and be- gan to play ...
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