An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth : to which are Prefixed, Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind |
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The philosopher enjoyed the beauty of the scene ; but to his companions it
recalled the memory of a wife and parent they had lost . . The old man ' s sorrow
was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept . Her father took her hand , kissed it
twice ...
The philosopher enjoyed the beauty of the scene ; but to his companions it
recalled the memory of a wife and parent they had lost . . The old man ' s sorrow
was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept . Her father took her hand , kissed it
twice ...
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Their liours too of riding and walking were many , in which the philosopher , as a
stranger , was shewn the remarkable scenes and curiosities of the country . They
would sometimes make litule expeditions to contemplate , in different attitudes ...
Their liours too of riding and walking were many , in which the philosopher , as a
stranger , was shewn the remarkable scenes and curiosities of the country . They
would sometimes make litule expeditions to contemplate , in different attitudes ...
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He supposed it some piece of bridal merriment , and pushed on his horse that he
might be a spectator of the scene ; but he was a good deal shocked , on
approaching the spot to find it to be the torch of a person clothed in the dress of
an ...
He supposed it some piece of bridal merriment , and pushed on his horse that he
might be a spectator of the scene ; but he was a good deal shocked , on
approaching the spot to find it to be the torch of a person clothed in the dress of
an ...
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... inspiration of the puipit was past ; the scenes they had last met in , l ' ushed
again o his mind ; La koche Chrow his arms around his neck , and watered it with
his tears . The other was equally affected ; they went 98 AMERICAN SELECTION
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... inspiration of the puipit was past ; the scenes they had last met in , l ' ushed
again o his mind ; La koche Chrow his arms around his neck , and watered it with
his tears . The other was equally affected ; they went 98 AMERICAN SELECTION
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We could neither endure that reflection , nor indeed restrain our natural
propensity to pay our last attenticn io his remains . We joined the procession and
were witnesses of the affecting scene that ensued . 4 . The incessant cannonade
during ...
We could neither endure that reflection , nor indeed restrain our natural
propensity to pay our last attenticn io his remains . We joined the procession and
were witnesses of the affecting scene that ensued . 4 . The incessant cannonade
during ...
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Page 207 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 214 - Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 216 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection.
Page 213 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee, Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory...
Page 79 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Page 190 - WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.
Page 153 - Italy, bind, scourge, torture with fire and red hot plates of iron, and at last put to the infamous death of the cross, a Roman citizen ? Shall neither the cries of innocence expiring in agony, nor the tears of pitying spectators, nor the majesty of the Roman commonwealth, nor the...
Page 169 - All sly, slow things, with circumspective eyes : Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take ; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.
Page 208 - Long in his highness' favor, and do justice For truth's sake, and his conscience ; that his bones, When he has run his course, and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans' tears wept on 'em !
Page 217 - When that rash humor, which my mother gave me, Makes me forgetful ? Bru. Yes, Cassius ; and, from henceforth, When you are over-earnest with your Brutus, He'll think your mother chides, and leave you so.
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| Title | An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth : to which are Prefixed, Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind |
| Author | Noah Webster |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Published and sold by David Hogan, 1809 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 May 2007 |
| Length | 230 pages |
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