A Compendium of English Literature, chronologically arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper ... Stereotype editionE. C. & J. Biddle, 1850 - 776 pages |
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... mind ; not one line which , " dying , I might wish to blot ; " - but that , on the contrary , it may render good service to the cause of sound education ; may exert , wherever read , a wholesome moral influ- ence ; and impress upon the ...
... mind ; not one line which , " dying , I might wish to blot ; " - but that , on the contrary , it may render good service to the cause of sound education ; may exert , wherever read , a wholesome moral influ- ence ; and impress upon the ...
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Charles Dexter CLEVELAND. Fourth . Many more specimens of the English female mind will be found in this edition . The reader , however , must bear in mind that the most dis- tinguished female writers of England have been during the ...
Charles Dexter CLEVELAND. Fourth . Many more specimens of the English female mind will be found in this edition . The reader , however , must bear in mind that the most dis- tinguished female writers of England have been during the ...
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... mind of the king against him ; and in April , 1546 , he was recalled from the continent , im- prisoned in Windsor Castle , 1 and in December of the same year was sent to the Tower . He was soon brought to trial . The accusations against ...
... mind of the king against him ; and in April , 1546 , he was recalled from the continent , im- prisoned in Windsor Castle , 1 and in December of the same year was sent to the Tower . He was soon brought to trial . The accusations against ...
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... mind never stooped to any thing that would inflame passion , or solicit improper desire . It is his peculiar praise that not a single thought nor a single ex- pression can be found in all his writings , to wound the nicest sense of mo ...
... mind never stooped to any thing that would inflame passion , or solicit improper desire . It is his peculiar praise that not a single thought nor a single ex- pression can be found in all his writings , to wound the nicest sense of mo ...
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... mind from wickedness to virtue , even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things , by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste . For even those hard - hearted evil men , who think virtue a school name , and ...
... mind from wickedness to virtue , even as the child is often brought to take most wholesome things , by hiding them in such other as have a pleasant taste . For even those hard - hearted evil men , who think virtue a school name , and ...
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