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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... never saw a man before . ' Obidah then related the occur- rences of his journey , without any con- cealment or palliation . ' Son , ' said the hermit , let the errors and follies , the dangers and escape of this day , sink deep into thy ...
... never saw a man before . ' Obidah then related the occur- rences of his journey , without any con- cealment or palliation . ' Son , ' said the hermit , let the errors and follies , the dangers and escape of this day , sink deep into thy ...
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... never to have an end ; and for the other life , as though it were never to have a beginning . Should a spirit of superior rank , who is a stranger to human nature , accidentally alight upon the earth , and take a survey of its ...
... never to have an end ; and for the other life , as though it were never to have a beginning . Should a spirit of superior rank , who is a stranger to human nature , accidentally alight upon the earth , and take a survey of its ...
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... never be master of while you breathe . Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an ... never consider it in all its different views ; and , in short , never think it thorough . The conse- quence of this is ...
... never be master of while you breathe . Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an ... never consider it in all its different views ; and , in short , never think it thorough . The conse- quence of this is ...
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... never have diligence enough to follow it : he can suc- ceed in no undertaking , for he will never pursue it ; he must be a bad husband , fa- ther and relation , for he will not take the least pains to preserve his wife , children , and ...
... never have diligence enough to follow it : he can suc- ceed in no undertaking , for he will never pursue it ; he must be a bad husband , fa- ther and relation , for he will not take the least pains to preserve his wife , children , and ...
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... never disapproves , though by a respectful silence ; he never cou- demns , though it be only by a good ex- ample . In short , he is solicitous for no- thing , but by some studied devices to hide from others , and , if possible , to ...
... never disapproves , though by a respectful silence ; he never cou- demns , though it be only by a good ex- ample . In short , he is solicitous for no- thing , but by some studied devices to hide from others , and , if possible , to ...
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