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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Page 95
The fool buys what he does not want , but does not pay for what he stands in
need of . 15 . Forin no friendships hastily . Study a character well before you put
confidence in the person . Every person is entitled to civility , but very few to ...
The fool buys what he does not want , but does not pay for what he stands in
need of . 15 . Forin no friendships hastily . Study a character well before you put
confidence in the person . Every person is entitled to civility , but very few to ...
Page 101
It is our wisest part ; therefore , to prepare to encounter them in such a manner as
shall do honor to cur proiession , and manifest a perfect conformity to that
directory on which our profession stands . But why need we anticipate
unavoidable ...
It is our wisest part ; therefore , to prepare to encounter them in such a manner as
shall do honor to cur proiession , and manifest a perfect conformity to that
directory on which our profession stands . But why need we anticipate
unavoidable ...
Page 119
The house , which stands upon a gentle rise , bas the appearance of a cottage ,
constructed like those of the peasants , with trunks of trees piled upon each other
, and thatched with straw . Beside the principal building , occupied by the prince ...
The house , which stands upon a gentle rise , bas the appearance of a cottage ,
constructed like those of the peasants , with trunks of trees piled upon each other
, and thatched with straw . Beside the principal building , occupied by the prince ...
Page 134
In this stands a pillar , called Mikias , which is a nilometer , on which is marked
the exact rise of water every day . · After the water has risen six cubits , a ciyer is
employed to make proclamation daily of the rise of the water . 5 . When the river ...
In this stands a pillar , called Mikias , which is a nilometer , on which is marked
the exact rise of water every day . · After the water has risen six cubits , a ciyer is
employed to make proclamation daily of the rise of the water . 5 . When the river ...
Page 135
THE celebrated city of Jerusalem stands about thirty • 1 miles east of the
Mediterranean , on a rocky mountain , with steep ascents on all sides , except on
the north . - - It does not occupy the same ground as the ancient city , for the hill of
Sion ...
THE celebrated city of Jerusalem stands about thirty • 1 miles east of the
Mediterranean , on a rocky mountain , with steep ascents on all sides , except on
the north . - - It does not occupy the same ground as the ancient city , for the hill of
Sion ...
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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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