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Violence , less pungent than those of From this train of observation , can one
guilty Passions . avoid reflecting upon the disorders in which Assenible all ibe
evils which poverty , haman nature plainly appears at present disease , or
violence ...
Violence , less pungent than those of From this train of observation , can one
guilty Passions . avoid reflecting upon the disorders in which Assenible all ibe
evils which poverty , haman nature plainly appears at present disease , or
violence ...
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assemblage called beauty , is the image of regard to the common notions of
beauty : noble sentiments and amiable passions in The truth is , complexion and
form being the face ; but so blended and confused that the charms that are visible
...
assemblage called beauty , is the image of regard to the common notions of
beauty : noble sentiments and amiable passions in The truth is , complexion and
form being the face ; but so blended and confused that the charms that are visible
...
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objects , give him a vast scope for orna the passion or attention of that principal
ment , variety , harmony of parts , and op- ... has nothing should not only be active
, but the attento move with but beauty , passion , and tions and passions of the ...
objects , give him a vast scope for orna the passion or attention of that principal
ment , variety , harmony of parts , and op- ... has nothing should not only be active
, but the attento move with but beauty , passion , and tions and passions of 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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