The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J. White |
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... inquirer is rivetted to the existence of such a guide , he does not , in short , he cannot , consider himself called upon to dwell particularly on any thing be- longing to that path . He of course knows of c 2 INTRODUCTION . XV.
... inquirer is rivetted to the existence of such a guide , he does not , in short , he cannot , consider himself called upon to dwell particularly on any thing be- longing to that path . He of course knows of c 2 INTRODUCTION . XV.
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... existence or non - existence of a guide to that path , forgets , as it were , for the moment , every other idea , and dwells emphatically on is - which , when once properly given , leads him , almost without an effort , to the downward ...
... existence or non - existence of a guide to that path , forgets , as it were , for the moment , every other idea , and dwells emphatically on is - which , when once properly given , leads him , almost without an effort , to the downward ...
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... existence in nature . We consider it and his other interrogative rules mere creatures of his own brain . We apply the same mode of reasoning here as we did to some of his other rules . If they are built upon a right foundation , whence ...
... existence in nature . We consider it and his other interrogative rules mere creatures of his own brain . We apply the same mode of reasoning here as we did to some of his other rules . If they are built upon a right foundation , whence ...
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... existence . They rejected , with contempt , the ceremonious hou mage which other sects substituted for the pure word ship of the soul . Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil , they aspired to ...
... existence . They rejected , with contempt , the ceremonious hou mage which other sects substituted for the pure word ship of the soul . Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil , they aspired to ...
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... almost indifferent to the fate which appeared to threaten his existence , in common with that of the whole population . He had determined to await the event MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS . 57 An Account of the Dreadful Earthquake which.
... almost indifferent to the fate which appeared to threaten his existence , in common with that of the whole population . He had determined to await the event MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS . 57 An Account of the Dreadful Earthquake which.
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