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What then can be the reason that men Why a set of men bred up in low lite to still
refuse to see , and persist in " loving mean employments , which cramp the
darkness rather than light ? " They will native powers of the mind . And can we tell
you ...
What then can be the reason that men Why a set of men bred up in low lite to still
refuse to see , and persist in " loving mean employments , which cramp the
darkness rather than light ? " They will native powers of the mind . And can we tell
you ...
Page 313
Whoever imament . gines they were created only to give a faint By the belp of
telescopes we discover glimmering light to the inhabitants of this thousands of
stars which are invisible to globe , inusi have a very superficial knowthe naked
eye ...
Whoever imament . gines they were created only to give a faint By the belp of
telescopes we discover glimmering light to the inhabitants of this thousands of
stars which are invisible to globe , inusi have a very superficial knowthe naked
eye ...
Page 520
When the light is withdrawn nius ; that , while it preserves nature , some all nature
retires from vieiv , visible bodies times , in a fine flight of fancy , throws an are
annihilated , and the soul mourns the ideal splendor over the figures that never ...
When the light is withdrawn nius ; that , while it preserves nature , some all nature
retires from vieiv , visible bodies times , in a fine flight of fancy , throws an are
annihilated , and the soul mourns the ideal splendor over the figures that never ...
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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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