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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... 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 on ours . 9. The ...
... 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 on ours . 9. The ...
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... edge of the sword , but not so many as have fallen by the tongue . Well is he that is defend- ed from it , and hath passed through the venom B 2 SELECT SENTENCES . 17 destitute than that of him, who when the delights ...
... edge of the sword , but not so many as have fallen by the tongue . Well is he that is defend- ed from it , and hath passed through the venom B 2 SELECT SENTENCES . 17 destitute than that of him, who when the delights ...
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... passed through the venom thereof ; who hath not drawn the yoke thereof , nor been bound in her bonds ; for the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron , and the bands thereof are bands of brass ; the death thereof is an evil death . 5. My son ...
... passed through the venom thereof ; who hath not drawn the yoke thereof , nor been bound in her bonds ; for the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron , and the bands thereof are bands of brass ; the death thereof is an evil death . 5. My son ...
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... of 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 .
... of 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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... passed , when their sensations became more serious . Perrin proposed to Lucetta to demand her from her father : She blushed and confessed her willing- ness . As she had an errand to town the next day , the op- portunity of her absence ...
... passed , when their sensations became more serious . Perrin proposed to Lucetta to demand her from her father : She blushed and confessed her willing- ness . As she had an errand to town the next day , the op- portunity of her absence ...
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