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Their influence , in this respect , may reach where the voice of the preacher is
never heard , and the lectures of the moralist nerer read . By providing an
innocent , an interesting , and dignified source of pleasure , they not only draw
the mind ...
Their influence , in this respect , may reach where the voice of the preacher is
never heard , and the lectures of the moralist nerer read . By providing an
innocent , an interesting , and dignified source of pleasure , they not only draw
the mind ...
Página 105
It is well known that all the inhabitants within the reach of an English garrison ,
who are capable of corruption , become corrrupt . English gold , which is but a
bugbear among the virtuous , presents a tempting lure to the loose and
unprincipled ...
It is well known that all the inhabitants within the reach of an English garrison ,
who are capable of corruption , become corrrupt . English gold , which is but a
bugbear among the virtuous , presents a tempting lure to the loose and
unprincipled ...
Página 253
He rarely if ever “ gloriously offends , ” or snatches a grace which uninspired art
may not reach . Soul is wanting there , and the most attractive quality , upon
canyass , of body likewise . Take , for instance , his celebrated work belonging to
the ...
He rarely if ever “ gloriously offends , ” or snatches a grace which uninspired art
may not reach . Soul is wanting there , and the most attractive quality , upon
canyass , of body likewise . Take , for instance , his celebrated work belonging to
the ...
Página 325
So true it is , that there is a proneness in human nature to undervalue the gifts of
Providence which are placed within our reach , and to admire and covet those
which are located at a distance . Were a fatiguing journey of several hundred
miles ...
So true it is , that there is a proneness in human nature to undervalue the gifts of
Providence which are placed within our reach , and to admire and covet those
which are located at a distance . Were a fatiguing journey of several hundred
miles ...
Página 340
... hurled them over the earth , scathing and destroying all within his reach . And ,
when the storm had passed away a thousand corses were scattered along the
wilderness . So much for the traditions of a simple , confiding , and romantic race .
... hurled them over the earth , scathing and destroying all within his reach . And ,
when the storm had passed away a thousand corses were scattered along the
wilderness . So much for the traditions of a simple , confiding , and romantic race .
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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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