Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations ...S. 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 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 , a 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 , a other times , of her enli- who have ...
Page 189
... dear mother . I travagances of the age . I have , in- am now two - and - twenty ; a tour deed , found it so , notwithstanding a must take up a considerable time ; good deal of economy , and an ex- and though I believe you have no ...
... dear mother . I travagances of the age . I have , in- am now two - and - twenty ; a tour deed , found it so , notwithstanding a must take up a considerable time ; good deal of economy , and an ex- and though I believe you have no ...
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