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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... pleased that , by this happy experiment . he had found means to unite pleasure with business , and to gain the re- wards of diligence , without suffering its fatigues . He , therefore , still continued to walk for a time , without the ...
... pleased that , by this happy experiment . he had found means to unite pleasure with business , and to gain the re- wards of diligence , without suffering its fatigues . He , therefore , still continued to walk for a time , without the ...
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... pleased my father , and I omitted for no other reason but that I thought what he proposed the effect of humour and old age , which I am now con- vinced had reason and good sense in it ! I cannot now go into the parlour to him , and make ...
... pleased my father , and I omitted for no other reason but that I thought what he proposed the effect of humour and old age , which I am now con- vinced had reason and good sense in it ! I cannot now go into the parlour to him , and make ...
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... pleased me wonderfully ; and if I had not suspected that he was my rival , I should have taken delight in his person and friendship . " They both of them often asked me if I were in reality a German ? which when I continued to affirm ...
... pleased me wonderfully ; and if I had not suspected that he was my rival , I should have taken delight in his person and friendship . " They both of them often asked me if I were in reality a German ? which when I continued to affirm ...
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... pleased to file off to the left , and make room for the venerable matron that stands before you . Old gen- tlewoman , says he , I think you are four- score : you have heard the question , what have you been doing so long in the world ...
... pleased to file off to the left , and make room for the venerable matron that stands before you . Old gen- tlewoman , says he , I think you are four- score : you have heard the question , what have you been doing so long in the world ...
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... pleased , he does not know why , with the cheerfulness of his companion : it is like a sudden sunshine , that awakens a se- cret delight in the mind , without her at- tending to it . The heart rejoices of its own accord , and naturally ...
... pleased , he does not know why , with the cheerfulness of his companion : it is like a sudden sunshine , that awakens a se- cret delight in the mind , without her at- tending to it . The heart rejoices of its own accord , and naturally ...
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