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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... death thereof is an evil death . 5. My son , blemish not thy good deeds , neither use un- comfortable words when thou givest any thing . Shall not the dew assuage the heat ? So is a word better than a gift . Lo , is not a word better ...
... death thereof is an evil death . 5. My son , blemish not thy good deeds , neither use un- comfortable words when thou givest any thing . Shall not the dew assuage the heat ? So is a word better than a gift . Lo , is not a word better ...
Page 21
... death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon , In corporeal sufferance , feels a pang as great As when a giant dies . 2. How far the little candle throws his beam ? So shines a good deed in a naughty world ...
... death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon , In corporeal sufferance , feels a pang as great As when a giant dies . 2. How far the little candle throws his beam ? So shines a good deed in a naughty world ...
Page 22
... death ; The valiant never taste of death but once . 9. There is some soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out ; For our bad neighbours make us early stirrers : Which is both healthful , and good husbandry ...
... death ; The valiant never taste of death but once . 9. There is some soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out ; For our bad neighbours make us early stirrers : Which is both healthful , and good husbandry ...
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... death . Out , out , brief candle ; Life's but a walking shadow , a poor player , That struts and frets his hour upon the stage , And then is heard no more ! It is a tale Told by an idiot , full of sound and fury , Signifying nothing ...
... death . Out , out , brief candle ; Life's but a walking shadow , a poor player , That struts and frets his hour upon the stage , And then is heard no more ! It is a tale Told by an idiot , full of sound and fury , Signifying nothing ...
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... death , and thou wilt never indulge violent desires , or give up thy heart to mean sentiments . 9. The certainty that life cannot be long , and the proba- bility that it will be shorter than nature allows , ought to waken every man to ...
... death , and thou wilt never indulge violent desires , or give up thy heart to mean sentiments . 9. The certainty that life cannot be long , and the proba- bility that it will be shorter than nature allows , ought to waken every man to ...
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