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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... thou the Son of Man with a kiss ? " Betrayeft thou - makes the reproach turn , on the infamy of treachery . -Betrayelt thou - makes it reft , upon Ju- das's connection with his master . Betrayeft thou the Son of Man - refts it , upon ...
... thou the Son of Man with a kiss ? " Betrayeft thou - makes the reproach turn , on the infamy of treachery . -Betrayelt thou - makes it reft , upon Ju- das's connection with his master . Betrayeft thou the Son of Man - refts it , upon ...
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... thou feeft . I fee , faid I , a huge valley , and a prodigious tide of water rol- ling through it . The valley that thou feeft , faid he , is the vale of mifery ; and the tide of water that thou feeft , is part of the great tide of ...
... thou feeft . I fee , faid I , a huge valley , and a prodigious tide of water rol- ling through it . The valley that thou feeft , faid he , is the vale of mifery ; and the tide of water that thou feeft , is part of the great tide of ...
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... thou feeft any thing thou dost not comprehend . Upon looking up , What mean , faid I , thofe great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge , and fettling upon it from time to time ? I fee vultures , harpies ...
... thou feeft any thing thou dost not comprehend . Upon looking up , What mean , faid I , thofe great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge , and fettling upon it from time to time ? I fee vultures , harpies ...
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... thou canft fee , are more in number than the fands on the fea - fhore ; there are myriads of iflands behind thofe which thou here difcovereft , reaching fur- ther than thine eye , or even thine imagi- nation , can extend itfelf . Thefe ...
... thou canft fee , are more in number than the fands on the fea - fhore ; there are myriads of iflands behind thofe which thou here difcovereft , reaching fur- ther than thine eye , or even thine imagi- nation , can extend itfelf . Thefe ...
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... thou thyfelf art finking . Whence is this thoughtlefs tranquillity , when thou and they are , equally endan- gered ? ' I looked , and feeing the gulph of Intemperance before me , started and awaked . Rambler . § 3. The Journey of a Day ...
... thou thyfelf art finking . Whence is this thoughtlefs tranquillity , when thou and they are , equally endan- gered ? ' I looked , and feeing the gulph of Intemperance before me , started and awaked . Rambler . § 3. The Journey of a Day ...
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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