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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... less rectified and swayed by reafon . When one hears of negroes , who upon the death of their maf- ters , or upon changing their fervice , hang themfelves upon the next tree , as it fre- quently happens in our American planta- tions ...
... less rectified and swayed by reafon . When one hears of negroes , who upon the death of their maf- ters , or upon changing their fervice , hang themfelves upon the next tree , as it fre- quently happens in our American planta- tions ...
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... less effectual and ferviceable to them that use them ; whereas integrity gains ftrength by ufe ; and the more and longer any man practi feth it , the greater fervice it does him , by confirming his reputation , and encouraging thofe ...
... less effectual and ferviceable to them that use them ; whereas integrity gains ftrength by ufe ; and the more and longer any man practi feth it , the greater fervice it does him , by confirming his reputation , and encouraging thofe ...
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... way to then in the intances where we fee plaineft , how grievoully we muft fuffer by our com- 7 . pliance- tion ; we may be less profligate than they are 96 ELEGANT EXTRACTS IN PROSE . 120-129 Letters on the Choice of Com-
... way to then in the intances where we fee plaineft , how grievoully we muft fuffer by our com- 7 . pliance- tion ; we may be less profligate than they are 96 ELEGANT EXTRACTS IN PROSE . 120-129 Letters on the Choice of Com-
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... less profligate than they are , by being more cowardly : hut what I advance as certain is , That we cannot be fafe among . them that they will , in fome degree , and may in a very great one , hurt our morals . You may not , perhaps , be ...
... less profligate than they are , by being more cowardly : hut what I advance as certain is , That we cannot be fafe among . them that they will , in fome degree , and may in a very great one , hurt our morals . You may not , perhaps , be ...
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... less rational than to afcribe it to their way of living , as related by Dio- dorus Siculus , who tell us that their diet was fimple , and that they were utter ftran- gers to the delicate fare of the wealthy . In our feveral ...
... less rational than to afcribe it to their way of living , as related by Dio- dorus Siculus , who tell us that their diet was fimple , and that they were utter ftran- gers to the delicate fare of the wealthy . In our feveral ...
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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