An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Mind and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which is Prefixed, Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind |
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... ladies , he replied , " It is hard to judge of stars in the presence of the sun . 7. The crime which has been once committed , is com- mitted again with less reluctance . 8. The great disturbers of our happiness in this world are our ...
... ladies , he replied , " It is hard to judge of stars in the presence of the sun . 7. The crime which has been once committed , is com- mitted again with less reluctance . 8. The great disturbers of our happiness in this world are our ...
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... LADY . OPHIA is not a beauty ; but in her presence beau- ties are discontented with themselves . At first she scarcely appears pretty ; but the more she is beheld , the more agreeable she appears . She gains when others lose , and what ...
... LADY . OPHIA is not a beauty ; but in her presence beau- ties are discontented with themselves . At first she scarcely appears pretty ; but the more she is beheld , the more agreeable she appears . She gains when others lose , and what ...
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... A bold suitor is not the real lover of the lady to whom he addresses : He seeks for nothing but pleasure . 9. Agathocles at last resolved to open his heart to Calista but he did not do it in the affected language AGATHOCLES AND CALISTA .
... A bold suitor is not the real lover of the lady to whom he addresses : He seeks for nothing but pleasure . 9. Agathocles at last resolved to open his heart to Calista but he did not do it in the affected language AGATHOCLES AND CALISTA .
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... lady's being sensible of their entering it . * 8. Mademoiselle ! said the old woman at last , in a soft tone . She turned and showed one of the finest faces in the world . It was touched , not spoiled with sorrow ; and when she ...
... lady's being sensible of their entering it . * 8. Mademoiselle ! said the old woman at last , in a soft tone . She turned and showed one of the finest faces in the world . It was touched , not spoiled with sorrow ; and when she ...
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... lady ; but he thought her one of the most amiable women he had seen ; and there was something in the idea of her being another's for ever , that struck him , he knew not why , like a disappointment . 47. After some little speculation on ...
... lady ; but he thought her one of the most amiable women he had seen ; and there was something in the idea of her being another's for ever , that struck him , he knew not why , like a disappointment . 47. After some little speculation on ...
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