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I may not , indeed , quired it should be their favourite topics be exact in every
particular of it , because were so little to his taste , that his leisure I'was not at all
acquainted with the gentle- hours , where he could have his choice , man whom it
...
I may not , indeed , quired it should be their favourite topics be exact in every
particular of it , because were so little to his taste , that his leisure I'was not at all
acquainted with the gentle- hours , where he could have his choice , man whom it
...
Page 531
Particular manners can be known round or square ; but whether it was spa to few
, and therefore few only can judge cious or losty must have been referred to how
nearly they are copied . The irregua time . The Pythagorean scale of numbers ...
Particular manners can be known round or square ; but whether it was spa to few
, and therefore few only can judge cious or losty must have been referred to how
nearly they are copied . The irregua time . The Pythagorean scale of numbers ...
Page 547
This is so of comparing eminent writers by an opgreat a truth , that whoever will
but con position of particular passages in them , sult the tune of his verses , even
without and forming a judgment from thence of understanding them ( with the ...
This is so of comparing eminent writers by an opgreat a truth , that whoever will
but con position of particular passages in them , sult the tune of his verses , even
without and forming a judgment from thence of understanding them ( with the ...
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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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