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 Seiten An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... hand , but the dogs lay down , and the gates flew open for our reception . We were led through an hundred iron doors before we entered the temple . At the upper end of it , sat the God of Avarice , with a long filthy beard , and a ...
... hand , but the dogs lay down , and the gates flew open for our reception . We were led through an hundred iron doors before we entered the temple . At the upper end of it , sat the God of Avarice , with a long filthy beard , and a ...
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... hand met his left hand , and firmly grasped it , draw inghimforciblyforwards -- he endeavour- ed to difengage himfelf , but could not , - he made a furious blowwith hisfword , and instantly a loud fhriek pierced his ears , and the dead ...
... hand met his left hand , and firmly grasped it , draw inghimforciblyforwards -- he endeavour- ed to difengage himfelf , but could not , - he made a furious blowwith hisfword , and instantly a loud fhriek pierced his ears , and the dead ...
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... hand . ' Then follow me , ' fays " he , and I hope we fhall do bufinefs . ' " So up I got , and tied my blanket ... hand , and my leg was " fhot off . If I had had the good fortune " to have loft my leg and ufe of my hand " on board a ...
... hand . ' Then follow me , ' fays " he , and I hope we fhall do bufinefs . ' " So up I got , and tied my blanket ... hand , and my leg was " fhot off . If I had had the good fortune " to have loft my leg and ufe of my hand " on board a ...
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