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, Volume 1T. Longman, B. Law&Son, J. Dodsley, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G.G.&J. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Richardson, R. Baldwin, W. Goldsmith, F.&C. Rivington, R. Faulder, S. Hayes, Ogilvy&Speare, Vernor&Hood, W. Lowndes, C. Wynne, W. Bent, J. Scatcherd, G.&T. Wilkie, J. Walker, J. Evans, C.&G. Kearsley, and H. Murray, 1794 - 1119 pages |
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Page iii
... also poffefs a tafle for POETRY , it is right to mention in this place , that there is published by the fame Proprietors , a volume of Poetry , fimilar in fize and form ; and as he may also wish to improve himself in the very useful art ...
... also poffefs a tafle for POETRY , it is right to mention in this place , that there is published by the fame Proprietors , a volume of Poetry , fimilar in fize and form ; and as he may also wish to improve himself in the very useful art ...
Page x
... also be accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these paufes is in- timated ; much more than by the length of them , which can never be exactly mea- fured . Sometimes it is only a flight and fimple fufpenfion of ...
... also be accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these paufes is in- timated ; much more than by the length of them , which can never be exactly mea- fured . Sometimes it is only a flight and fimple fufpenfion of ...
Page xvi
... also be studied by every public fpeaker . Modesty is effential ; it is al- ways , and juftly , fuppofed to be a conco- mitant of merit ; and every appearance of it is winning and prepoffeffing . But mo- defty ought not to run into ...
... also be studied by every public fpeaker . Modesty is effential ; it is al- ways , and juftly , fuppofed to be a conco- mitant of merit ; and every appearance of it is winning and prepoffeffing . But mo- defty ought not to run into ...
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... also my manner of life renewed . It would be extremely beneficial to fociety , if you would frequently refume fubjects which ferve to bind thefe fort of relations fafter , and endear the ties of blood with thofe of good - will ...
... also my manner of life renewed . It would be extremely beneficial to fociety , if you would frequently refume fubjects which ferve to bind thefe fort of relations fafter , and endear the ties of blood with thofe of good - will ...
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... also as places defigned to teach man- kind the most refined luxury , to raife the mind to its due perfection , and give it a tafte for those entertainments which af- ford the highest tranfport , without the groffness or remorfe that ...
... also as places defigned to teach man- kind the most refined luxury , to raife the mind to its due perfection , and give it a tafte for those entertainments which af- ford the highest tranfport , without the groffness or remorfe that ...
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affiftance againſt alfo bad company becauſe beft beſt bleffings cafe caufe chearful chearfulneſs Chrift Chriftian confequence confider confideration converfation courfe defign defire difcover difpofed difpofition divine duty endeavour faid fame fecurity feek feem felves fenfe fenfible fent fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fociety fome foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport fure give greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human inftances intereft itſelf juft laft leaft lefs ligion mankind manner ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions perfons philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent preferve purpoſe racter raiſe reafon refpect reft religion ſhall ſpeak ſtate temper thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe virtue whofe wifdom youth