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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... indeed , whatever be the cause of it , they feldom are , or can be conveniently introduced : and therefore EXTRACTS are highly expedient , or rather abfolutely neceffary . ADVERTISE . ( v ) ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . TH.
... indeed , whatever be the cause of it , they feldom are , or can be conveniently introduced : and therefore EXTRACTS are highly expedient , or rather abfolutely neceffary . ADVERTISE . ( v ) ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . TH.
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... cause of such clamour and confufion ; I was told that they were launching out into the ocean of Life ; that we had already pafied the ftreights of In- fancy , in which multitudes had perifhed , fome by the weakness and fragility of ...
... cause of such clamour and confufion ; I was told that they were launching out into the ocean of Life ; that we had already pafied the ftreights of In- fancy , in which multitudes had perifhed , fome by the weakness and fragility of ...
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... cause they generally find fuch resemblan- ces in what they have produced , as that thereby they think themselves renewed in their children , and are willing to tranf- mit themselves to future times ? or is it be- cause they think ...
... cause they generally find fuch resemblan- ces in what they have produced , as that thereby they think themselves renewed in their children , and are willing to tranf- mit themselves to future times ? or is it be- cause they think ...
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... cause ? -As foon as you are fenfible that any dangerous paffion begins to ferment , in- ftantly call in other paffions , and other ideas , to your aid . Haften to turn your thoughts into a different direction . Sum- mon up whatever you ...
... cause ? -As foon as you are fenfible that any dangerous paffion begins to ferment , in- ftantly call in other paffions , and other ideas , to your aid . Haften to turn your thoughts into a different direction . Sum- mon up whatever you ...
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... cause of truth . But this is a very infufficient one . None of them act upon this princi- ple , in its largest extent and application , in common life ; nor could any man live in the world , and pretend fo to do . In the . purfuit of ...
... cause of truth . But this is a very infufficient one . None of them act upon this princi- ple , in its largest extent and application , in common life ; nor could any man live in the world , and pretend fo to do . In the . purfuit of ...
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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