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I do not at all mean , that is almost sure of being seduced into a faulty he is never
to write , or to speak a word , and affected ... Some authors there are , whose
manner priety ; and opposite to it , there is a clumof writing approaches nearer to
the ...
I do not at all mean , that is almost sure of being seduced into a faulty he is never
to write , or to speak a word , and affected ... Some authors there are , whose
manner priety ; and opposite to it , there is a clumof writing approaches nearer to
the ...
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But to and particulars which obscure and perplex descend from the skies : It is in
writing as other writings , give a clearer ... than in an method we use before the
reader , only to embroidered coat ; the dress depends upon write and then he will
...
But to and particulars which obscure and perplex descend from the skies : It is in
writing as other writings , give a clearer ... than in an method we use before the
reader , only to embroidered coat ; the dress depends upon write and then he will
...
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made , aster his death , of those which are ture , and is too fond of writing like a
wit . now extant , amounting to near a thou- His letters to ladies are full of
affectation . sand . They contain the most authentic Even in writing to his friends ,
ho'x ...
made , aster his death , of those which are ture , and is too fond of writing like a
wit . now extant , amounting to near a thou- His letters to ladies are full of
affectation . sand . They contain the most authentic Even in writing to his friends ,
ho'x ...
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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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