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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... soon perused , and laid aside for want of novelty ; but to supply a large school with a great va- riety , and constant succession of English books , is too expensive and incon- venient to be generally practicable ; such a quantity of ...
... soon perused , and laid aside for want of novelty ; but to supply a large school with a great va- riety , and constant succession of English books , is too expensive and incon- venient to be generally practicable ; such a quantity of ...
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... soon learn to pay little re- gard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with italic cha- racters , which , as to the effect , is just the same with using no such distinction ...
... soon learn to pay little re- gard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with italic cha- racters , which , as to the effect , is just the same with using no such distinction ...
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... soon recovering myself so far as to inquire whither we were going ,. and what was the cause of such clamour and confusion ; I was told that they were launching out into the ocean of Life ; that we had already passed the straits of In ...
... soon recovering myself so far as to inquire whither we were going ,. and what was the cause of such clamour and confusion ; I was told that they were launching out into the ocean of Life ; that we had already passed the straits of In ...
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... soon forgot the rudder , and left himself again to the disposal of chance . This negligence did not proceed from indifference , or from weariness of their present condition ; for not one of those who thus rushed upon destruction failed ...
... soon forgot the rudder , and left himself again to the disposal of chance . This negligence did not proceed from indifference , or from weariness of their present condition ; for not one of those who thus rushed upon destruction failed ...
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... soon obtained ad- mission to the most splendid assemblies , and most crowded card - tables . Here I found myself universally caressed and ap . plauded ; the ladies praised the fancy of my clothes , the beauty of my form , and the ...
... soon obtained ad- mission to the most splendid assemblies , and most crowded card - tables . Here I found myself universally caressed and ap . plauded ; the ladies praised the fancy of my clothes , the beauty of my form , and the ...
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