Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations, Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons: Originally Compiled by the Rev. Vicesimus Knos ...Samuel Walker, 1826 |
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Page 50
... dear cousin , That God , who created us for the ! enjoyment of himself , has determined in mercy that it shall fail us here , in order that the blessed result of all our inquiries after happiness in the creature , may be a warm pursuit ...
... dear cousin , That God , who created us for the ! enjoyment of himself , has determined in mercy that it shall fail us here , in order that the blessed result of all our inquiries after happiness in the creature , may be a warm pursuit ...
Page 155
... dear sir , & c . ing scene . Your , & c . LETTER LVII . Mr. Richardson to Dr. Young . Jan. 1758 Rev. and ever dear sir , I CONGRATULATE you , with my whole heart , on the good effect the waters have at last had on your health . . P. S. ...
... dear sir , & c . ing scene . Your , & c . LETTER LVII . Mr. Richardson to Dr. Young . Jan. 1758 Rev. and ever dear sir , I CONGRATULATE you , with my whole heart , on the good effect the waters have at last had on your health . . P. S. ...
Page 162
... dear . Do we not all know that is pleased to call it ) , with pen , pen- you are of the utmost to that indul- cil , and books ! —the agreeable con- gent parent ; and of very high to all versation , at other times , of her enli- who have ...
... dear . Do we not all know that is pleased to call it ) , with pen , pen- you are of the utmost to that indul- cil , and books ! —the agreeable con- gent parent ; and of very high to all versation , at other times , of her enli- who have ...
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From the same to the Duchess of Portland | 7 |
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