Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryVicesimus Knox J. Johnson, 1808 - 1 páginas An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... thee to take to thy mercy my dearest husband , who was the comfort and joy of my life , after we had lived together ... thee , through Jesus Christ our Lord . Amen . 216. Prince Eugene's Prayer . I believe in thee , O my God ! Do thou ...
... thee to take to thy mercy my dearest husband , who was the comfort and joy of my life , after we had lived together ... thee , through Jesus Christ our Lord . Amen . 216. Prince Eugene's Prayer . I believe in thee , O my God ! Do thou ...
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... thee , Know that to be content is to be happy . Couldest thou chuse for thyself , would thy Creator lay before thee all that thine heart could ask for ? would happiness then remain with thee ? or would joy dwell always in thy gates ...
... thee , Know that to be content is to be happy . Couldest thou chuse for thyself , would thy Creator lay before thee all that thine heart could ask for ? would happiness then remain with thee ? or would joy dwell always in thy gates ...
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... thee these ; the Eco- nomy of Life shall lay them before thee . Behold , they are written in thine heart , and thou needest only to be reminded of them they are easy of conception ; be attentive , and thou shalt retain them . : All ...
... thee these ; the Eco- nomy of Life shall lay them before thee . Behold , they are written in thine heart , and thou needest only to be reminded of them they are easy of conception ; be attentive , and thou shalt retain them . : All ...
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