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 125
... soon after mar- ried . LETTER XX . Dr. Beattie to the Duchess of Gordon . Aberdeen , 5th July , 1779 . I was very glad to see my old friend so unexpectedly ; and we talked over many old stories which , though inte- resting to us , would ...
... soon after mar- ried . LETTER XX . Dr. Beattie to the Duchess of Gordon . Aberdeen , 5th July , 1779 . I was very glad to see my old friend so unexpectedly ; and we talked over many old stories which , though inte- resting to us , would ...
Page 143
... soon , to be completely blest , Soon may a young Torquatus rise ; Who , hanging on his mother's breast , To his known sire shall turn his eyes , Outstretch his infant arms awhile , Half ope his little lips , and smile . " Printed ...
... soon , to be completely blest , Soon may a young Torquatus rise ; Who , hanging on his mother's breast , To his known sire shall turn his eyes , Outstretch his infant arms awhile , Half ope his little lips , and smile . " Printed ...
Page 156
... soon as it laugh ; and whatever promotes and will please God to release me ; per- causes this , with innocence and good haps a little impatience still remains , humour , is as eligible ( as far as I which tempts me to add , " The soon ...
... soon as it laugh ; and whatever promotes and will please God to release me ; per- causes this , with innocence and good haps a little impatience still remains , humour , is as eligible ( as far as I which tempts me to add , " The soon ...
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