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 27
... marry my daughter , said the old man . Have you a house to cover her , or money to maintain her ? Lucetta's fortune is ... marriage , but that he now doubted whether he could lawfully retain it . The vicar eyed the lovers with attention ...
... marry my daughter , said the old man . Have you a house to cover her , or money to maintain her ? Lucetta's fortune is ... marriage , but that he now doubted whether he could lawfully retain it . The vicar eyed the lovers with attention ...
Page 28
... marriage was obtained . Perrin was employed in husbandry , and Lucetta in family affairs . They lived in perfect cordiality , and two children endeared them still more to each other . Perrin one evening re- turning homeward from his ...
... marriage was obtained . Perrin was employed in husbandry , and Lucetta in family affairs . They lived in perfect cordiality , and two children endeared them still more to each other . Perrin one evening re- turning homeward from his ...
Page 32
... marriage settlements were easily regulated be- twixt the parties ; for interest was out of the question : The chief article consisted in the mutual interchange of hearts , which was already fulfilled . What will be the lot of the new ...
... marriage settlements were easily regulated be- twixt the parties ; for interest was out of the question : The chief article consisted in the mutual interchange of hearts , which was already fulfilled . What will be the lot of the new ...
Page 41
... marriage , as her father supposed him . Not that he was ever a lover of the 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 ...
... marriage , as her father supposed him . Not that he was ever a lover of the 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 ...
Page 42
... married , was killed in a duel by a French officer , his intimate companion , and to whom , before their quarrel , he had often done the greatest favours . " 53. Her worthy father bears her death , as he has often told us a Christian ...
... married , was killed in a duel by a French officer , his intimate companion , and to whom , before their quarrel , he had often done the greatest favours . " 53. Her worthy father bears her death , as he has often told us a Christian ...
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