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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... enemy , but in passing it over , he is superior . 7. To err is human ; to forgive , divine . 8. A more glorious victory cannot be gained over ano- ther man than this , that when the injury began on his part , the kindness should begin ...
... enemy , but in passing it over , he is superior . 7. To err is human ; to forgive , divine . 8. A more glorious victory cannot be gained over ano- ther man than this , that when the injury began on his part , the kindness should begin ...
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... enemy , Ither in power than in use : keep thy friend Under thy own life's key : beecked for silence , But never task'd for speech . 4. Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well , When our deep plots do fail : and that should teach us ...
... enemy , Ither in power than in use : keep thy friend Under thy own life's key : beecked for silence , But never task'd for speech . 4. Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well , When our deep plots do fail : and that should teach us ...
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... enemy both of public happiness and private tranquil- lity ; and thought he could not lay on posterity a stronger obligation to reverence his memory , than by leaving them a salutary caution against this outrageous passion . 4. The ...
... enemy both of public happiness and private tranquil- lity ; and thought he could not lay on posterity a stronger obligation to reverence his memory , than by leaving them a salutary caution against this outrageous passion . 4. The ...
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... intellectual dominion . The mind cannot retire , from its enemy into total vacancy , or turn aside from one object , but by passing to another . 12. Without frugality none can be rich ; and with 24 SELECT SENTENCES .
... intellectual dominion . The mind cannot retire , from its enemy into total vacancy , or turn aside from one object , but by passing to another . 12. Without frugality none can be rich ; and with 24 SELECT SENTENCES .
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... enemy , in proportion to its closeness so the happy pair resist the attacks of adversity with so much the more strength and success , as they are more closely united . VI . STORY OF LA ROCHE . ORE than forty years ago , an English ...
... enemy , in proportion to its closeness so the happy pair resist the attacks of adversity with so much the more strength and success , as they are more closely united . VI . STORY OF LA ROCHE . ORE than forty years ago , an English ...
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