Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 1-2Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... advantage . But still , an uniformity of English books , in schools , was a desideratum . It was desirable that all the students of the same class , provided with copies of the same book , containing the proper variety , might be ...
... advantage . But still , an uniformity of English books , in schools , was a desideratum . It was desirable that all the students of the same class , provided with copies of the same book , containing the proper variety , might be ...
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... Advantages of a good Education 5 Disadvantages of a bad Education 6 Omniscience and Omnipresence of the Deity , together with the Immensity of his Works 7 On the Immortality of the Soul 8 Duty of Children to their Parents 9 Strength of ...
... Advantages of a good Education 5 Disadvantages of a bad Education 6 Omniscience and Omnipresence of the Deity , together with the Immensity of his Works 7 On the Immortality of the Soul 8 Duty of Children to their Parents 9 Strength of ...
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... advantage over the other . for indeed , he had known very few They had both kept good company , students that had not some stiffness rattled in chariots , glittered in play- in their manner . They therefore houses , and danced at court ...
... advantage over the other . for indeed , he had known very few They had both kept good company , students that had not some stiffness rattled in chariots , glittered in play- in their manner . They therefore houses , and danced at court ...
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... advantage , and which which are soon remitted when they were exposed to a thousand chances encounter difficulty , and desires of disturbance and interruption . which , if they are indulged too often , It is observable , that , either by ...
... advantage , and which which are soon remitted when they were exposed to a thousand chances encounter difficulty , and desires of disturbance and interruption . which , if they are indulged too often , It is observable , that , either by ...
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... advantage we may reap from them , and is many degrees beyond what do not deserve the name of evils . A we commonly call folly or madness . good mind may bear up under them Atheism , by which I mean a dis- with fortitude , with indolence ...
... advantage we may reap from them , and is many degrees beyond what do not deserve the name of evils . A we commonly call folly or madness . good mind may bear up under them Atheism , by which I mean a dis- with fortitude , with indolence ...
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Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry (Classic Reprint) Vicesimus Knox No preview available - 2018 |
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