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Who is he that hath acquired wealth , The first step towards being wise , is to that
hath risen to power , that hath clothed know that thou art ignorant : and if thou
himself with honour , that is spoken of in wouldst not be esteemed foolish in the ...
Who is he that hath acquired wealth , The first step towards being wise , is to that
hath risen to power , that hath clothed know that thou art ignorant : and if thou
himself with honour , that is spoken of in wouldst not be esteemed foolish in the ...
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O fool ! fool ! the pains which thou takEnvy not thy benefactor , neither strive est to
hide what thou art , are more than to conceal the benefit he hath conferred ;
would make thee what thou wouldst seem ; for though the act of generosity com-
and ...
O fool ! fool ! the pains which thou takEnvy not thy benefactor , neither strive est to
hide what thou art , are more than to conceal the benefit he hath conferred ;
would make thee what thou wouldst seem ; for though the act of generosity com-
and ...
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counsels are inscrutable ; the manner of his soul hath shaken off the cumbrous
shackles knowledge transcendeth thy conception . of this mortal life , shall
equally receive “ Pay therefore to his wisdom all ho- froin the sentence of God a
just and ...
counsels are inscrutable ; the manner of his soul hath shaken off the cumbrous
shackles knowledge transcendeth thy conception . of this mortal life , shall
equally receive “ Pay therefore to his wisdom all ho- froin the sentence of God a
just and ...
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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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