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If the design shall appear in by Macrobius , that men worshipped Ve- itself
manifestly wise and good , the prosus in women's babits , and women in per
means to effict it will appear to be the habits of men . equitable , wise , and good
also .
If the design shall appear in by Macrobius , that men worshipped Ve- itself
manifestly wise and good , the prosus in women's babits , and women in per
means to effict it will appear to be the habits of men . equitable , wise , and good
also .
Page 312
The first requires : when we reflect moreover , that of the three appeared in the
years 1531 , some centuries ago , till experience unde1607 , 1682 , and 1758 ,
and is expected to çeived us , a great part of the earth was appear every 75th
year .
The first requires : when we reflect moreover , that of the three appeared in the
years 1531 , some centuries ago , till experience unde1607 , 1682 , and 1758 ,
and is expected to çeived us , a great part of the earth was appear every 75th
year .
Page 512
... yet their admiration , but wholly superior to imita- beauty and grandeur instantly
appear of tion ; their pictures , that have sunk in the an inferior kind , beyond all
comparison , wreck of time , appear in the descriptions to this of the soul of man .
... yet their admiration , but wholly superior to imita- beauty and grandeur instantly
appear of tion ; their pictures , that have sunk in the an inferior kind , beyond all
comparison , wreck of time , appear in the descriptions to this of the soul of man .
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Contents
Authe Pas | 1 |
Practice necessary for forming a Syle Blair 401 95 On Plainness and Perspicuity Felton 436 | 34 |
Excellenceofthe Sacred Writings Brown | 305 |
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| Title | Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry |
| Editor | Vicesimus Knox |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1808 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 11 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 1 pages |
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