Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryVicesimus Knox J. Johnson, 1808 - 1 стор. An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... means by which he con- ducts himself . He respects neither bis own diguity , nor that of human nature . Truth , reason , virtue , are all equally betrayed by this supple impostor . He assents to the errors , though the most pernicious ...
... means by which he con- ducts himself . He respects neither bis own diguity , nor that of human nature . Truth , reason , virtue , are all equally betrayed by this supple impostor . He assents to the errors , though the most pernicious ...
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... means exempts any of us from all attention to the common good , from all endeavours to promote it - by no means does it entitle any of us to live , like so many drones , on the industry of others , to reap all the benefit we can from ...
... means exempts any of us from all attention to the common good , from all endeavours to promote it - by no means does it entitle any of us to live , like so many drones , on the industry of others , to reap all the benefit we can from ...
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... mean at present to remark is , that , amidst this variety , we still expect to find , in the com- positions of any one man ... means , as the name indicates , a Style ornamented , flowing , and sweet ; resting more upon numbers and grace ...
... mean at present to remark is , that , amidst this variety , we still expect to find , in the com- positions of any one man ... means , as the name indicates , a Style ornamented , flowing , and sweet ; resting more upon numbers and grace ...
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