Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations ...S. Walker, 1826 |
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Page 66
... Perhaps the duke of Port- equal probability of success , hazard land , or perhaps the unpopular a conjecture directly opposite . Alas ! whom they now represent as a devil , what is the wisdom of man , espe- may obtain that honour . Thus ...
... Perhaps the duke of Port- equal probability of success , hazard land , or perhaps the unpopular a conjecture directly opposite . Alas ! whom they now represent as a devil , what is the wisdom of man , espe- may obtain that honour . Thus ...
Page 121
... perhaps , with to- mend licentious theories . I would lerable exactness , the soils , plants , not object to the truth of any fact , and other irrational curiosities of the that is warranted by the testimony new country , which procures ...
... perhaps , with to- mend licentious theories . I would lerable exactness , the soils , plants , not object to the truth of any fact , and other irrational curiosities of the that is warranted by the testimony new country , which procures ...
Page 170
... perhaps yours ! How much ought this re would say , What is all this to me ? -flection to alleviate the pangs the but Mr. Richardson , I know , is not will accompany it on the loss yo such a man . have so recently sustained ! I have seen ...
... perhaps yours ! How much ought this re would say , What is all this to me ? -flection to alleviate the pangs the but Mr. Richardson , I know , is not will accompany it on the loss yo such a man . have so recently sustained ! I have seen ...
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acquaintance Adieu Æneid agreeable amusement beautiful believe Bradshaigh character charming comfort compliments dear friend dear sir delight desire Duchess Duchess of Portland Edward Gibbon Elizabeth Montagu England expect favour fear feel friendship give glad gout grace happy haps hear heart Henry Kirke White honour hope Horace Walpole James Boswell John Newton Johnson kind lady ladyship Lausanne least leave less LETTER live London lord madam ment mind miss morning nature ness never night obliged occasion Olney opinion pain perhaps person pleased pleasure poem poet poor pray present racter reason received sensible sent Sir William Jones soon spirits suppose sure tell thank ther thing thought tion town truth VICESIMUS KNOX Virgil William Unwin wish woman word write young