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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... earth show the glory and the wisdom of their Creator .-- The earth happily adapted to the nature of man . 2. An eruption of mount Vesuvius , 3. Description of the preparations made by Xerxes , the Persian Monarch , for invading Greece ...
... earth show the glory and the wisdom of their Creator .-- The earth happily adapted to the nature of man . 2. An eruption of mount Vesuvius , 3. Description of the preparations made by Xerxes , the Persian Monarch , for invading Greece ...
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... earth , but upon that which is expected in heaven . ” Hassan , upon whose mind the angel of instruction impressed the counsel of Omar , hastened to prostrate himself in the temple of the prophet . Peace dawned upon his no more . ܪ ...
... earth , but upon that which is expected in heaven . ” Hassan , upon whose mind the angel of instruction impressed the counsel of Omar , hastened to prostrate himself in the temple of the prophet . Peace dawned upon his no more . ܪ ...
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... earth , saw before him a man in splendid apparel , attended by a long retinue , who gazed steadfastly on him , with a look of mournful complacency , and seemed desirous to speak , but unwilling to offend . The dervise , after a short ...
... earth , saw before him a man in splendid apparel , attended by a long retinue , who gazed steadfastly on him , with a look of mournful complacency , and seemed desirous to speak , but unwilling to offend . The dervise , after a short ...
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... earth , and his arms crossed on his bosom i he sometimes started as if a sudden pang had seized him ; his countenance expressed solicitude and terror ; he looked round with a sigh , and having gazed a moment on the de fixed upon sert ...
... earth , and his arms crossed on his bosom i he sometimes started as if a sudden pang had seized him ; his countenance expressed solicitude and terror ; he looked round with a sigh , and having gazed a moment on the de fixed upon sert ...
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... earth , it is of little moment whether the path he treads be strewed with flowers or with thorns , if he perceives himself to approach those regions , in comparison of which the thorns and the flowers of this wilderness lose their ...
... earth , it is of little moment whether the path he treads be strewed with flowers or with thorns , if he perceives himself to approach those regions , in comparison of which the thorns and the flowers of this wilderness lose their ...
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