Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 1-2Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... cause they remained faithful to the religion of their forefathers . Dr. Knox possessed extraordinary facility in composition . He wrote and spoke Latin with the most classical purity . He was singularly felicitous in epigrammatic point ...
... cause they remained faithful to the religion of their forefathers . Dr. Knox possessed extraordinary facility in composition . He wrote and spoke Latin with the most classical purity . He was singularly felicitous in epigrammatic point ...
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... cause of charity , much indulgence is therefore necessary . He pretends neither to talent nor celebrity , and is content with simply expressing his hope that little needs be added to induce you to assist a cause so truly valuable ...
... cause of charity , much indulgence is therefore necessary . He pretends neither to talent nor celebrity , and is content with simply expressing his hope that little needs be added to induce you to assist a cause so truly valuable ...
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... cause like this , it has or laid out for show rather than for probably proceeded , that among those use . who have contributed to the advance- ment of learning , many have risen to 12. The Importance of Time , and eminence , in ...
... cause like this , it has or laid out for show rather than for probably proceeded , that among those use . who have contributed to the advance- ment of learning , many have risen to 12. The Importance of Time , and eminence , in ...
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... cause like brutes they do not consi- country , fruitful as the gardens of der that they shall die ? Or who , in- Damascus ; and a city glorious above deed , are the Faithful ? Are the busy all others , except that only which re ...
... cause like brutes they do not consi- country , fruitful as the gardens of der that they shall die ? Or who , in- Damascus ; and a city glorious above deed , are the Faithful ? Are the busy all others , except that only which re ...
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... cause of religion , and dishonoured humanity . of Life and Manners . We shall now proceed to consider Yet the effects of religious contro- religion as a rule of life and manners . versy have sometimes proved benefi- In this respect ...
... cause of religion , and dishonoured humanity . of Life and Manners . We shall now proceed to consider Yet the effects of religious contro- religion as a rule of life and manners . versy have sometimes proved benefi- In this respect ...
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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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