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 Interest of Piety and VirtueCollins & Company, 1818 - 299 páginas |
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... busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes , and danced before them : but often , when they thought themselves within the reach of them , their footing failed , and down they sunk . In this confusion of objects , I ...
... busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes , and danced before them : but often , when they thought themselves within the reach of them , their footing failed , and down they sunk . In this confusion of objects , I ...
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... busy on this occasion , seeing me an idle spectator of what had passed , approached towards me . I grew uneasy at her presence , when of a sudden she held her magnifying glass full before my eyes . I no sooner saw my face in it , than I ...
... busy on this occasion , seeing me an idle spectator of what had passed , approached towards me . I grew uneasy at her presence , when of a sudden she held her magnifying glass full before my eyes . I no sooner saw my face in it , than I ...
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... busy among themselves in bartering for features : one was trucking a lock of gray hairs for a carbuncle ; and another was making over a short waist for a pair of round shoulders ; and a third cheapening a bad face for a lost reputation ...
... busy among themselves in bartering for features : one was trucking a lock of gray hairs for a carbuncle ; and another was making over a short waist for a pair of round shoulders ; and a third cheapening a bad face for a lost reputation ...
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... busy ? If to produce happiness , by whom is it enjoyed ? Do the linens of Egypt and the silks of Persia , bestow felicity on those who wear them , equal to the wretchedness of yonder slaves , whom I see leading the camels that bring ...
... busy ? If to produce happiness , by whom is it enjoyed ? Do the linens of Egypt and the silks of Persia , bestow felicity on those who wear them , equal to the wretchedness of yonder slaves , whom I see leading the camels that bring ...
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... busy stage . It regulates , but does not abolish , the enterprises and cares of ordinary life . It addresses itself to the various ranks in society ; to the rich and the poor , to the magistrate and the subject . It rebukes the slothful ...
... busy stage . It regulates , but does not abolish , the enterprises and cares of ordinary life . It addresses itself to the various ranks in society ; to the rich and the poor , to the magistrate and the subject . It rebukes the slothful ...
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