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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... thought , I could not but reflect on that little insigni- ficant figure which I myself bore amidst the immensity of God's works . Were the sun which enlightens this part of the creation , ' with all the host of planetary worlds that ...
... thought , I could not but reflect on that little insigni- ficant figure which I myself bore amidst the immensity of God's works . Were the sun which enlightens this part of the creation , ' with all the host of planetary worlds that ...
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... thought , between the dissolution of a few fibres and violent sen- sations of pain , between the agitation of humours and profound reflections ; he may infer from two different effects , that there ought to be two different causes , a ...
... thought , between the dissolution of a few fibres and violent sen- sations of pain , between the agitation of humours and profound reflections ; he may infer from two different effects , that there ought to be two different causes , a ...
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... thought , and insinuates a silent argument in the allusion . The use of metaphors is not only to convey the thought in a more pleasing manner , but to give it a stronger impression , and enforce it on the mind . Where this is not ...
... thought , and insinuates a silent argument in the allusion . The use of metaphors is not only to convey the thought in a more pleasing manner , but to give it a stronger impression , and enforce it on the mind . Where this is not ...
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