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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... returned to his native country with a considerable stock , and set up as a banker in Madrid . In his absence , his parents frequently talked of him , praying fervently that heaven would take him under its protection ; and the vicar ...
... returned to his native country with a considerable stock , and set up as a banker in Madrid . In his absence , his parents frequently talked of him , praying fervently that heaven would take him under its protection ; and the vicar ...
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... returned to Madrid ; but was surprised to see Jacobo at his house a few days after . My father , said he , what brings you here ? Francillo , answered the honest cobbler , I have brought your purse - take it again , for I desire to live ...
... returned to Madrid ; but was surprised to see Jacobo at his house a few days after . My father , said he , what brings you here ? Francillo , answered the honest cobbler , I have brought your purse - take it again , for I desire to live ...
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... returning in the evening . Has my father given you a re- fusal ? cried Lucetta . Ah Lucetta ! replied Perrin , how un- happy am I for being poor : but I have not lost all hopes , My circumstances may change for the better . 4. As they ...
... returning in the evening . Has my father given you a re- fusal ? cried Lucetta . Ah Lucetta ! replied Perrin , how un- happy am I for being poor : but I have not lost all hopes , My circumstances may change for the better . 4. As they ...
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... returning to Fort Edward . Their march through the woods , was in three divisions by FILES , the right commanded by Rogers , the left by Putnam , and the centre by captain D'Ell . The first night they encamped on the banks of Clear ...
... returning to Fort Edward . Their march through the woods , was in three divisions by FILES , the right commanded by Rogers , the left by Putnam , and the centre by captain D'Ell . The first night they encamped on the banks of Clear ...
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... returned the fire , and passed the word to the other divisions to ad- vance for his support . D'Ell came . The action , though widely scattered and principally fought between man aad man , soon grew general and intensely warm . It would ...
... returned the fire , and passed the word to the other divisions to ad- vance for his support . D'Ell came . The action , though widely scattered and principally fought between man aad man , soon grew general and intensely warm . It would ...
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