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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... tion ; and it is believed , will be found to contain as much interesting matter , as any compilation of the size and price . New - Haven , September , 1804 . DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT , ss . BE IT REMEMBERED , That on the thirteenth day ...
... tion ; and it is believed , will be found to contain as much interesting matter , as any compilation of the size and price . New - Haven , September , 1804 . DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT , ss . BE IT REMEMBERED , That on the thirteenth day ...
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... tion , Will you ride to town to day ? is capable of four differ- ent meanings , and consequently of four different answers , according to the placing of the emphasis . If the emphasis is laid upon you , the question is whether you will ...
... tion , Will you ride to town to day ? is capable of four differ- ent meanings , and consequently of four different answers , according to the placing of the emphasis . If the emphasis is laid upon you , the question is whether you will ...
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... tion ; the rest is all conceit . 10. A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon contentedly . 11. A contented mind and a good conscience , will make a man happy in ...
... tion ; the rest is all conceit . 10. A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon contentedly . 11. A contented mind and a good conscience , will make a man happy in ...
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... tion , which I would not lose for all the blessings of sense , or enjoyments of the world ; yet so far from lessening my re- lish of the pleasures of life , that I feel it heightens them all . 35. " The thought of receiving it from God ...
... tion , which I would not lose for all the blessings of sense , or enjoyments of the world ; yet so far from lessening my re- lish of the pleasures of life , that I feel it heightens them all . 35. " The thought of receiving it from God ...
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... tion , she rowed down the river to meet the enemy . But her distresses were not yet at an end . 19. The night was advanced before the boat reached the enemy's out post , and the centinels would not let it pass , nor even come on shore ...
... tion , she rowed down the river to meet the enemy . But her distresses were not yet at an end . 19. The night was advanced before the boat reached the enemy's out post , and the centinels would not let it pass , nor even come on shore ...
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