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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... Wisdom Seed . 73 42 Unhappiness of not early improving the Mind 44 73 43 Great Talents not requifite for the common Duties of Life 98 Pungency of guilty Paffions 74 45 99 Balance of Happiness equal 74 44 Afluence not to exempt from ...
... Wisdom Seed . 73 42 Unhappiness of not early improving the Mind 44 73 43 Great Talents not requifite for the common Duties of Life 98 Pungency of guilty Paffions 74 45 99 Balance of Happiness equal 74 44 Afluence not to exempt from ...
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... wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though it must be confeffed there are , even in thefe parts , feveral poor uninstructed perfons , who are but little above the inha- bitants of those nations of which I have been here fpeaking ; as those ...
... wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though it must be confeffed there are , even in thefe parts , feveral poor uninstructed perfons , who are but little above the inha- bitants of those nations of which I have been here fpeaking ; as those ...
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... wisdom , and veracity , are all concerned in this point . But among these and other excellent ar- guments for the immortality of the foul , there is one drawn from the perpetual pro- grefs of the foul to its perfection , without a ...
... wisdom , and veracity , are all concerned in this point . But among these and other excellent ar- guments for the immortality of the foul , there is one drawn from the perpetual pro- grefs of the foul to its perfection , without a ...
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... wisdom , he will become more and more a flave to folly ; and he that does nothing , because he has nothing to do , will become vicious and abandoned , or , at best , ridicu- lous and contemptible . I do not know a more melancholy ob ...
... wisdom , he will become more and more a flave to folly ; and he that does nothing , because he has nothing to do , will become vicious and abandoned , or , at best , ridicu- lous and contemptible . I do not know a more melancholy ob ...
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... wisdom , and an excellent in- ftrument for the speedy dispatch of bufi- nefs ; it creates confidence in those we have to deal with , faves the labour of many in- quiries , and brings things to an issue in few words ; it is like ...
... wisdom , and an excellent in- ftrument for the speedy dispatch of bufi- nefs ; it creates confidence in those we have to deal with , faves the labour of many in- quiries , and brings things to an issue in few words ; it is like ...
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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