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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... mind of man may be " reduced to two classes , which I call , Ideas and " Emotions . By Ideas I mean all thoughts which " rise and pass in succession in the mind : By " Emotions , all exertions of the mind in arrang- " ing , combining ...
... mind of man may be " reduced to two classes , which I call , Ideas and " Emotions . By Ideas I mean all thoughts which " rise and pass in succession in the mind : By " Emotions , all exertions of the mind in arrang- " ing , combining ...
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... Mind 72 Effects of Religion , Scepticism , & c . 73 Comforts of Religion 74 Cause of Zeal to propagate Infi- delity · 75 Propagating Infidelity inexcusable 76 Religion considered as a Science , 77 -as a Rule of Life and Manuers- 78 ...
... Mind 72 Effects of Religion , Scepticism , & c . 73 Comforts of Religion 74 Cause of Zeal to propagate Infi- delity · 75 Propagating Infidelity inexcusable 76 Religion considered as a Science , 77 -as a Rule of Life and Manuers- 78 ...
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... mind never unbends itself sa agreeably as in the conversation of a well- chosen friend . There is indeed no blessing of life that is any way comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend . It eases and unloads the mind ...
... mind never unbends itself sa agreeably as in the conversation of a well- chosen friend . There is indeed no blessing of life that is any way comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend . It eases and unloads the mind ...
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... mind , and the trifling frivolous mind . circle of knowledge , attended with some Yours , I hope , is neither . The lazy mind difficulties , and requiring some trouble , will not take the trouble of going to the which , however , an ...
... mind , and the trifling frivolous mind . circle of knowledge , attended with some Yours , I hope , is neither . The lazy mind difficulties , and requiring some trouble , will not take the trouble of going to the which , however , an ...
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... mind , so totally unfits a man for all the social offices of life , as indolence . An idle man is a mere blank in the creation : he seems made for no end , and lives to no purpose . He cannot engage himself in any employment or ...
... mind , so totally unfits a man for all the social offices of life , as indolence . An idle man is a mere blank in the creation : he seems made for no end , and lives to no purpose . He cannot engage himself in any employment or ...
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