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Passing from one to the other of these , my attention lighted , at length , as if by
some magical transition , on -- a human countenance . My surprise was so abrupt
, and my sensations so tumultuous , that I forgot for a moment the perilous nature
...
Passing from one to the other of these , my attention lighted , at length , as if by
some magical transition , on -- a human countenance . My surprise was so abrupt
, and my sensations so tumultuous , that I forgot for a moment the perilous nature
...
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In the play of human interests and passions , the same causes ever influence the
same results ; what has been , will again be , and there is no contingency of
affairs on which the history of the past may not shed its warning light on the future
.
In the play of human interests and passions , the same causes ever influence the
same results ; what has been , will again be , and there is no contingency of
affairs on which the history of the past may not shed its warning light on the future
.
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I can as well suppose all those works of usefulness are already accomplished ,
which are foretold by the scope of human faculties , as that the arts which employ
taste , have yielded up all the accuracy of their principles , and their sources of ...
I can as well suppose all those works of usefulness are already accomplished ,
which are foretold by the scope of human faculties , as that the arts which employ
taste , have yielded up all the accuracy of their principles , and their sources of ...
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... of the insignificance of human effort , and the frailty of human life . The scenery
near the mouth of the Wissahiccon is of a wild , romantic and imposing character ,
beautiful in its ever - varying aspect , and interesting in its mystic associations .
... of the insignificance of human effort , and the frailty of human life . The scenery
near the mouth of the Wissahiccon is of a wild , romantic and imposing character ,
beautiful in its ever - varying aspect , and interesting in its mystic associations .
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dream of life had vanished ; and the unhallowed workings of undignified
passions , obscuring the brightest horizon , the pang of grief that seems even to
gnaw the heart of beauty itself , and the gloomy abodes of misery and human ...
dream of life had vanished ; and the unhallowed workings of undignified
passions , obscuring the brightest horizon , the pang of grief that seems even to
gnaw the heart of beauty itself , and the gloomy abodes of misery and human ...
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Philadelphia Book, Or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature |
| Autor | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau |
| Editor | Key & Biddle, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 28 Feb. 2006 |
| Largo | 380 páginas |
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