The English Reader Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best WritersLongmann and Rees, 1799 - 356 páginas |
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... rich , ftudy not " to increafe his flores , but to diminish his defires . " The " Mexican figures , or picture - writing , represent things not " words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the understanding . " 66 By ...
... rich , ftudy not " to increafe his flores , but to diminish his defires . " The " Mexican figures , or picture - writing , represent things not " words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the understanding . " 66 By ...
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... rich embroidery , placed for his favourite . Side - boards , loaded with gold and filver plate of immenfe value , were arranged in the apart- ment . Pages of extraordinary beauty were ordered to attend his table , and to obey his ...
... rich embroidery , placed for his favourite . Side - boards , loaded with gold and filver plate of immenfe value , were arranged in the apart- ment . Pages of extraordinary beauty were ordered to attend his table , and to obey his ...
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... rich gifts from the king , he prefents himself before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest refpect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eye I ftedfaftly on the countenance of Hazael ; and ...
... rich gifts from the king , he prefents himself before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest refpect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eye I ftedfaftly on the countenance of Hazael ; and ...
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... rich . " Full of his new refolution , he fhut himself in his chamber for fix months , to deliberate how he should . grow rich . He fometimes purposed to offer himself as a counsellor to one of the kings in India ; and fome times ...
... rich . " Full of his new refolution , he fhut himself in his chamber for fix months , to deliberate how he should . grow rich . He fometimes purposed to offer himself as a counsellor to one of the kings in India ; and fome times ...
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... rich ; and as he flood on the top of a hill , fhaded with cypress , in doubt whither to direct his fteps , his father appeared on a fudden ftanding before him . " Ortogrul , " said the old man , I know thy perplexity ; liften to thy ...
... rich ; and as he flood on the top of a hill , fhaded with cypress , in doubt whither to direct his fteps , his father appeared on a fudden ftanding before him . " Ortogrul , " said the old man , I know thy perplexity ; liften to thy ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt alfo Antiparos appear arifes becauſe BLAIR Caius Verres cauſe circumftances confequences confider courfe defigns defire DEMOCRITUS diftrefs evil eyes fafe faid fame father fatisfaction fcene feemed fenfe fentiments ferve fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide firft fituation fociety folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf honour houſe human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha laft leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muſt myſelf nature Numidia obferve occafion ourſelves pafs pafsions paſsed perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſures pofsefsed poſseſsion prefent proper purpoſe purſue Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife ſcene SECTION ſhall ſhe Sicily ſpeak ſtate temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion uſe virtue whofe wiſdom