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... apprehension how like a god ! If to do , were as easy as to know what were good to do , chapels had been churches , and poor men's cottages prince's palaces . He is a good divine who follows his own instructions : I can easier teach ...
... apprehension how like a god ! If to do , were as easy as to know what were good to do , chapels had been churches , and poor men's cottages prince's palaces . He is a good divine who follows his own instructions : I can easier teach ...
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... and good husbandry : Besides they are our outward consciences And preachers to us all ; admonishing , That we should dress us fairly for our end , O momentary grace of mortal men , Which we more hunt for than the grace of God !
... and good husbandry : Besides they are our outward consciences And preachers to us all ; admonishing , That we should dress us fairly for our end , O momentary grace of mortal men , Which we more hunt for than the grace of God !
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God grant a long life to Sultan Mahmoud ; whilst he reigns over us , we shall never want ruined villages . The story says , the sultan was so touched with the fable , that he rebuilt the towns and villages which had been destroyed ...
God grant a long life to Sultan Mahmoud ; whilst he reigns over us , we shall never want ruined villages . The story says , the sultan was so touched with the fable , that he rebuilt the towns and villages which had been destroyed ...
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The youngest descendant of the first family was Pleasure , who was the daughter of Happiness , who was the offspring of the Gods . These , as I said before , had their habitation in heaven . The young- ii ' est of the opposite family ...
The youngest descendant of the first family was Pleasure , who was the daughter of Happiness , who was the offspring of the Gods . These , as I said before , had their habitation in heaven . The young- ii ' est of the opposite family ...
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Or on the contrary , if he had in him a certain proportion of good , he should be dispatched into heaven by a passport from Pleasure , there to dwell with Happiness , Virtue , and the Gods . SPECTATOR . CI A P. V. : Labour .
Or on the contrary , if he had in him a certain proportion of good , he should be dispatched into heaven by a passport from Pleasure , there to dwell with Happiness , Virtue , and the Gods . SPECTATOR . CI A P. V. : Labour .
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| Title | The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | F. Louis, 1804 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2018 |
| Length | 376 pages |
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