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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Page 49
... hundred men to intercept our party , was not more than one mile and an half distant from them . Having heard the firing , he hastened to lay an ambuscade precisely in that part of the wood most favourable to his project . Major Putnam ...
... hundred men to intercept our party , was not more than one mile and an half distant from them . Having heard the firing , he hastened to lay an ambuscade precisely in that part of the wood most favourable to his project . Major Putnam ...
Page 51
... hundred in number , went before the rest of the party to the place where the whole were that night to encamp They took with them major Putnam , on whom ( besides innumerable other out- rages ) they had the barbarity to inflict a deep ...
... hundred in number , went before the rest of the party to the place where the whole were that night to encamp They took with them major Putnam , on whom ( besides innumerable other out- rages ) they had the barbarity to inflict a deep ...
Page 75
... hundred and thirty - five rods wide , at the falls , and the perpendicular pitch one hundred and fifty feet . 5. The fall of this vast body of water produces a sound which is frequently heard at the distance of twenty miles , and a ...
... hundred and thirty - five rods wide , at the falls , and the perpendicular pitch one hundred and fifty feet . 5. The fall of this vast body of water produces a sound which is frequently heard at the distance of twenty miles , and a ...
Page 119
... hundred ounces . These dishes were set upon the table at the entrance of the room ; then certain attendants placed them before the car- vers , who sent pieces of the meat to each guest in plates , beginning first with the princes . 7 ...
... hundred ounces . These dishes were set upon the table at the entrance of the room ; then certain attendants placed them before the car- vers , who sent pieces of the meat to each guest in plates , beginning first with the princes . 7 ...
Page 122
... hundred and forty - four tons . The empress Ann , determined not to be surpassed in this kind of piety , procured a bell to be cast , which weighed 432,000 pounds , or two hundred and sixteen tons . 4. The bell was nineteen feet long ...
... hundred and forty - four tons . The empress Ann , determined not to be surpassed in this kind of piety , procured a bell to be cast , which weighed 432,000 pounds , or two hundred and sixteen tons . 4. The bell was nineteen feet long ...
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