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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... thought susceptible of improvement : the compiler has , therefore , made some alterations , omitting some pieces , which are believed to be less adapted to interest young minds , and substituting others which cannot fail to be as ...
... thought susceptible of improvement : the compiler has , therefore , made some alterations , omitting some pieces , which are believed to be less adapted to interest young minds , and substituting others which cannot fail to be as ...
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... thought to do great things , who are but tools and instruments ; like the fool who fancied he played upon the organ , when he only blew the bellows . 13. Though a man may become learned by another's learning , he never can be wise but ...
... thought to do great things , who are but tools and instruments ; like the fool who fancied he played upon the organ , when he only blew the bellows . 13. Though a man may become learned by another's learning , he never can be wise but ...
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... thought he could not lay on posterity a stronger obligation to reverence his memory , than by leaving them a salutary caution against this outrageous passion . 4. The universal axiom , in which all complaisance is SELECT SENTENCES . 23.
... thought he could not lay on posterity a stronger obligation to reverence his memory , than by leaving them a salutary caution against this outrageous passion . 4. The universal axiom , in which all complaisance is SELECT SENTENCES . 23.
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... thought struck Perrin ; " This money is not ours - It belongs to some stranger and perhaps this moment he is lamenting the loss of it . Let us go to the vicar for advice - he has always been kind to me . " Perrin put the bag into the ...
... thought struck Perrin ; " This money is not ours - It belongs to some stranger and perhaps this moment he is lamenting the loss of it . Let us go to the vicar for advice - he has always been kind to me . " Perrin put the bag into the ...
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... thought of receiving it from God , adds the blessing of sentiment to that of sensation , in every good thing which I possess ; and when calamities overtake me , ( and I have had my share ) , it confers a dignity on my af- fiction , and ...
... thought of receiving it from God , adds the blessing of sentiment to that of sensation , in every good thing which I possess ; and when calamities overtake me , ( and I have had my share ) , it confers a dignity on my af- fiction , and ...
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