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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most eminent ... - Page 281
by Elegant extracts - 1812
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The English Instructor: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Selected from ...

1830 - 288 pages
...15. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of 36 bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced 37 before them ; but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them38, their footing39 failed, and down they sunk. In this confusion of objects I observed some with...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...the midst of a speculation, stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles, that glittered in their eyes and danced...in this confusion of objects, I observed some with cimeters in their hands, and others with lancets, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...
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The Amusing Companion, Or, Interesting Story Teller: Being a Collection of ...

1831 - 196 pages
...that glittered in their eyes and danced before themjbut often when they thought themselves with in the reach of them, their footing failed, and down...hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro from the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which didt not seem to lie in their way, and...
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The American Manual, Or New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in ...

Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...the midst of a speculation, stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles, that glittered in their eyes and danced...of them, their footing failed, and down they sunk. 11. In this confusion of objects, I observed some with cimeters" in their hands, and others with lances,...
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A Collection, in Prose and Verse, for the Use of Schools

Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 pages
...the midst of a speculation, stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced...some with scimitars in their hands, and others with battles who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap doors, which did not...
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The American Manual, Or, New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in ...

Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pages
...the midst of a speculation, stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles, that glittered in their eyes and danced...themselves with'in the reach of them, their footing failed, and,down they sunk. 11. In,this confusion of objects, I observed some with ci•meters" in their hands,...
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Spectator (The)

1836 - 1118 pages
...were very busy in the fnnrait of bubble« that glittered in their eyes and danced before them ; hut often when they thought themselves within the reach of them, their footing (ailed, and down they sank. In this confusion of object«, I obtened «orne with scimitars in their...
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Exercises on the German grammar

Franz C F. Demmler - 1842 - 92 pages
...midst of a speculation, stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were bus'y in the pursuit of baubles that glittered in their eyes, and danced before them...reach of them, their footing failed, and down they sank. In this confusion of objects, I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 22

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 648 pages
...the midntof a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes, and danced...reach of them, their footing failed, and down they sank. In this confusion of objects I observed some with cimetaia in tbeir bands, who ran to and fro...
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The churchman's monthly companion, ed. by T.K. Arnold

Churchman - 1844 - 396 pages
...the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced...objects I observed some with scimitars in their hands, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie...
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