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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... keep within these bounds , the other organs of fpeech will be at liberty to dif charge their feveral offices with ease ; and you will always have your voice under com- mand . But whenever you tranfgrefs thefe bounds , you give up the ...
... keep within these bounds , the other organs of fpeech will be at liberty to dif charge their feveral offices with ease ; and you will always have your voice under com- mand . But whenever you tranfgrefs thefe bounds , you give up the ...
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... keep holy , after having washed , myfelf , and offered up my morning devotions , I afcended the high hills of Bagdat , in order to pafs the reft of the day in meditation and prayer . As I was here airing myfelf , on the tops of the ...
... keep holy , after having washed , myfelf , and offered up my morning devotions , I afcended the high hills of Bagdat , in order to pafs the reft of the day in meditation and prayer . As I was here airing myfelf , on the tops of the ...
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... keep the melancholy and timorous in perpetual tor- ments , and hinder them from any enjoy- ment of the varieties and gratifications which nature offered them as the folace of their labours ; yet in effect none feemed lefs to expect ...
... keep the melancholy and timorous in perpetual tor- ments , and hinder them from any enjoy- ment of the varieties and gratifications which nature offered them as the folace of their labours ; yet in effect none feemed lefs to expect ...
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... keep in our fight , and to which we propose to return . But temptation fucceeds tempta- tion , and one compliance prepares us for another ; we in time lofe the happiness of innocence , and folace our difquiet with fenfual gratifications ...
... keep in our fight , and to which we propose to return . But temptation fucceeds tempta- tion , and one compliance prepares us for another ; we in time lofe the happiness of innocence , and folace our difquiet with fenfual gratifications ...
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... keep a steady eye on the end for which we were fent hither . But how great would be his aftonish- ment , when he learnt that we were beings not defigned to exift in this world above threefcore and ten years ; and that the greatest part ...
... keep a steady eye on the end for which we were fent hither . But how great would be his aftonish- ment , when he learnt that we were beings not defigned to exift in this world above threefcore and ten years ; and that the greatest part ...
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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