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... almost every faculty of the mind , cannot fail to enliven the imagination , quicken the apprehenfion , enlarge the understanding , and give strength and folidity to the judgment . And these are the most valuable advan- tages which can ...
... almost every faculty of the mind , cannot fail to enliven the imagination , quicken the apprehenfion , enlarge the understanding , and give strength and folidity to the judgment . And these are the most valuable advan- tages which can ...
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... almost imperceptible . At length arrived , he afcends the trunk , and de- vours , with famished appetite , whatever the branches afford . By confuming the bark , he foon deftroys the life of the tree ; and thus the fource is loft , from ...
... almost imperceptible . At length arrived , he afcends the trunk , and de- vours , with famished appetite , whatever the branches afford . By confuming the bark , he foon deftroys the life of the tree ; and thus the fource is loft , from ...
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... almost every furrounding object . Hence the delight which we receive from revifiting those fcenes , in which we paffed our youth ; the school where our first friendships were formed ; or the academic groves in which fair fcience ...
... almost every furrounding object . Hence the delight which we receive from revifiting those fcenes , in which we paffed our youth ; the school where our first friendships were formed ; or the academic groves in which fair fcience ...
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... almost without an equal . Though my heart bleeds at the re- collection of the lofs which I have fuf- tained , yet I feel a pleasure , my Alexis , in bringing to your knowledge the vir- tues of fuch a character . Venerate the memory ...
... almost without an equal . Though my heart bleeds at the re- collection of the lofs which I have fuf- tained , yet I feel a pleasure , my Alexis , in bringing to your knowledge the vir- tues of fuch a character . Venerate the memory ...
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... almost devoured his game , another fly , of a larger size , be- came entangled in the mesh . He now waited patiently till the infect was fa- tigued , by ftruggling to obtain its liberty ; and then rolling the web around it , he left the ...
... almost devoured his game , another fly , of a larger size , be- came entangled in the mesh . He now waited patiently till the infect was fa- tigued , by ftruggling to obtain its liberty ; and then rolling the web around it , he left the ...
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Página 142 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Página 142 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone ; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Página 142 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Página 142 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Página 142 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them.
Página 145 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Página 145 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen; and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Página xxiv - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 93 - I'll lay my life the thing is blue." "And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." "Well, then, at once to ease the doubt," Replies the man, "I'll turn him out; And when before your eyes I've set him, If you don't find him black, I'll eat him...
Página 12 - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For plenty there a residence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. Hard is the fate of the...