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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... pleasures ; and waked only to regret the illu sions that had vanished . My health was at length impaired by the inquietude of my mind ; I sold all my moveables for subsistence ; and reserved only a mattress , upon which I sometimes lay ...
... pleasures ; and waked only to regret the illu sions that had vanished . My health was at length impaired by the inquietude of my mind ; I sold all my moveables for subsistence ; and reserved only a mattress , upon which I sometimes lay ...
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... pleasures of neither can return .'- Hassan having thus ended his story , smote his hands together ; and looking upward , burst into tears . 6 Omar having waited till this agony was past , went to him , and taking him by the hand , My ...
... pleasures of neither can return .'- Hassan having thus ended his story , smote his hands together ; and looking upward , burst into tears . 6 Omar having waited till this agony was past , went to him , and taking him by the hand , My ...
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... pleasures of different kinds and degrees , suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them : every island is a ... pleasure on these happy islands . At length , said 16 PART 1 . SEQUEL TO THE ENGLISH READER .
... pleasures of different kinds and degrees , suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them : every island is a ... pleasure on these happy islands . At length , said 16 PART 1 . SEQUEL TO THE ENGLISH READER .
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... pleasure on these happy islands . At length , said I , show . me now , I beseech thee , the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds , which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant . The genius making no answer , I ...
... pleasure on these happy islands . At length , said I , show . me now , I beseech thee , the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds , which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant . The genius making no answer , I ...
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... pleasure , the whole hu man species marching one after another , and throwing down their several loads , which immediately grew up into a pro- digious mountain , that seemed to rise above the clouds . There was a certain lady of a thin ...
... pleasure , the whole hu man species marching one after another , and throwing down their several loads , which immediately grew up into a pro- digious mountain , that seemed to rise above the clouds . There was a certain lady of a thin ...
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