Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry : Designed to Improve the Highest Class of Learners in Reading to Establish a Taste for Just and Accurate Composition, and to Promote the Interests of Piety and VirtueJohn S. Taylor, 1844 - 358 páginas |
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... appeared to be content . his habit was that of a pilgrim , I hastened to receive him with such hospitality as was in my power ; and my cheerful- ness was rather increased than restrained by his presence . After he had accepted some ...
... appeared to be content . his habit was that of a pilgrim , I hastened to receive him with such hospitality as was in my power ; and my cheerful- ness was rather increased than restrained by his presence . After he had accepted some ...
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... appeared to me a vast ocean , planted with in- numerable islands , that were covered with fruits and flow- ers , and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them . I could see persons dressed in glorious habits ...
... appeared to me a vast ocean , planted with in- numerable islands , that were covered with fruits and flow- ers , and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them . I could see persons dressed in glorious habits ...
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... appeared to me in its utmost aggravation . The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humour with my own countenance ; upon which I threw it from me like a mask . It happened very luckily , that one who stood by me ...
... appeared to me in its utmost aggravation . The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humour with my own countenance ; upon which I threw it from me like a mask . It happened very luckily , that one who stood by me ...
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... appearance ; and turning hastily to the angel , was about to inquire , what could produce such infeli . city in a being , surrounded with every object that could gratify every sense ; but he prevented my request : " The book of nature ...
... appearance ; and turning hastily to the angel , was about to inquire , what could produce such infeli . city in a being , surrounded with every object that could gratify every sense ; but he prevented my request : " The book of nature ...
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... appearance of repining or complaint . I turned again towards the angel , impatient to inquire from what secret scource happiness was derived , in a situation so different from that in which it might have been expected ; but he again ...
... appearance of repining or complaint . I turned again towards the angel , impatient to inquire from what secret scource happiness was derived , in a situation so different from that in which it might have been expected ; but he again ...
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