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At least , Thirdly , common swearing may be they shew an inclination to swearing
: considered as an act of great irreverence and an inclination to vice indulged , is
to God ; and as such , implying also a really vice . Gilpin . great indifference to ...
At least , Thirdly , common swearing may be they shew an inclination to swearing
: considered as an act of great irreverence and an inclination to vice indulged , is
to God ; and as such , implying also a really vice . Gilpin . great indifference to ...
Page 432
It is the pe- niemory , and serves to keep those things culiar felicity of that
language to speak in a sort of order and succession . But , good serise in suitable
expressions ; to give common - placing the sense of an author is the finest
thoughts in ...
It is the pe- niemory , and serves to keep those things culiar felicity of that
language to speak in a sort of order and succession . But , good serise in suitable
expressions ; to give common - placing the sense of an author is the finest
thoughts in ...
Page 888
Thus the some in common lile . It is well if the ground was in common , and no
part of i mass of mankind will obey the laws when was the permanent property of
any man in made , without scrutinizing too nicely into particular : yet whoever was
...
Thus the some in common lile . It is well if the ground was in common , and no
part of i mass of mankind will obey the laws when was the permanent property of
any man in made , without scrutinizing too nicely into particular : yet whoever was
...
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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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