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The Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the Lives of ... - Page 168
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 438 pages
...a prospect. " Look no more," said he, " on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick...tide bears the several generations of mortals that falls into it. I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 3

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 278 pages
...uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick...strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting o, that I will have their doings corrected by whom...please: so by one or other they are led at last to eight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force,...
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The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant ...

Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage ot his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick...several generations of mortals that fall into it. . 14. 1 directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...a prospect. " Look no more," said he, " on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick...strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate, I saw the valley opening at the...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick...mortals that fall into it. I directed my sight as 1 was ordered, and (whether or not the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...prospect . " Look ^o more," said he, " on man, in the first stage of his exist•ence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick...several generations of mortals that fall into it." or dissipated part of the mist, that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate—I saw the valley...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...prospect. " Look no more," -said he, " on man, in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick...strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist, that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate — I saw the valley openiug at...
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The English Instructor: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Selected from ...

Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out45 for eternity; but cast thine eyes on that thick mi'st into which the tide bears the...mortals that fall into it." I directed my sight as I was ordered48, and, whether or no 47 the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated...
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The Amusing Companion, Or, Interesting Story Teller: Being a Collection of ...

Tales - 1831 - 196 pages
...a prospect. ' Look no more,' said he, ' on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick...the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean,...
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