Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayLippincott, 1894 - 555 pages |
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... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. OF ALL AGES . BEING SELECTIONS FROM THE PROSE WORKS OF EMINENT WRITERS FROM THE TIME OF PERICLES TO THE PRESENT DAY . WITH INDEXES . BY S. AUSTIN ALLIBONE . AUTHOR OF " A CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ...
... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. OF ALL AGES . BEING SELECTIONS FROM THE PROSE WORKS OF EMINENT WRITERS FROM THE TIME OF PERICLES TO THE PRESENT DAY . WITH INDEXES . BY S. AUSTIN ALLIBONE . AUTHOR OF " A CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ...
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... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. In acts of beneficence , further , we dif- fer from the many . We preserve friends , not by receiving but by conferring obliga- tions . For he who does a kindness hath the advantage over him who , by ...
... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. In acts of beneficence , further , we dif- fer from the many . We preserve friends , not by receiving but by conferring obliga- tions . For he who does a kindness hath the advantage over him who , by ...
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... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. preserved . Truth confined to the mind , though it may be the possession of a noble soul , while it wants a companion and is not judged of , either by the sight or the hearing , appears to be ...
... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. preserved . Truth confined to the mind , though it may be the possession of a noble soul , while it wants a companion and is not judged of , either by the sight or the hearing , appears to be ...
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... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. important . Nature has given you a taste for all knowledge , but Fortune has denied you the leisure to acquire it : yet , whenever you could steal a moment from public affairs , you sought the ...
... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. important . Nature has given you a taste for all knowledge , but Fortune has denied you the leisure to acquire it : yet , whenever you could steal a moment from public affairs , you sought the ...
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... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. stituted . As , therefore , God created every part and particle of man exactly perfect that is to say , in all points sufficient unto that use for which he appointed it - so the Scripture , yea , every ...
... Present Day Samuel Austin Allibone. stituted . As , therefore , God created every part and particle of man exactly perfect that is to say , in all points sufficient unto that use for which he appointed it - so the Scripture , yea , every ...
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