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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... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST REVISED EDITION . THE " AMERICAN SELECTION , " though well received and much used in schools , has been thought susceptible of improvement : the compiler has , therefore ...
... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST REVISED EDITION . THE " AMERICAN SELECTION , " though well received and much used in schools , has been thought susceptible of improvement : the compiler has , therefore ...
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... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. is opened , and drawn towards the ear , shewing the teeth in a gnashing posture ; the feet stamping , the right hand thrown out , threatening with a clenched fist , and the whole frame agitated ...
... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. is opened , and drawn towards the ear , shewing the teeth in a gnashing posture ; the feet stamping , the right hand thrown out , threatening with a clenched fist , and the whole frame agitated ...
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... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. 20. A good man will love himself too well to lose , and his neighbour too well to win , an estate by gaming . The love of gaming will corrupt the best principles in the world . IV . 1. An angry man who ...
... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. 20. A good man will love himself too well to lose , and his neighbour too well to win , an estate by gaming . The love of gaming will corrupt the best principles in the world . IV . 1. An angry man who ...
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... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. 18. Let reason go before every enterprise , and counsel before every action . VI ... passion all their follies . 12. Economy is no disgrace ; it is better living on a little than outliving a great deal ...
... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. 18. Let reason go before every enterprise , and counsel before every action . VI ... passion all their follies . 12. Economy is no disgrace ; it is better living on a little than outliving a great deal ...
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... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. 11 Honour is but a fictitious kind of honesty ; a mean , but a necessary substitute for it in societies which have none . It is a sort of paper credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are ...
... Passions of the Mind Noah Webster. 11 Honour is but a fictitious kind of honesty ; a mean , but a necessary substitute for it in societies which have none . It is a sort of paper credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are ...
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