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 : Being the Third Part of A Grammatical Institute of the English Language |
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Page 117
In February , Colonel Leslie was sent with a detachment of troops from Boston , to
take possession of some cannon at Salem . But the people had intelligence of the
design ; took up the draw - bridge in that town , and prevented the troops from ...
In February , Colonel Leslie was sent with a detachment of troops from Boston , to
take possession of some cannon at Salem . But the people had intelligence of the
design ; took up the draw - bridge in that town , and prevented the troops from ...
Page 119
A body of troops commanded by Arnold , was ordered to march to Canada , by
the river Kennebeck , and thro ' the wil . derness . After suffering every hardship ,
and the most disstressing hunger , they arrived in Canada , and were joined by ...
A body of troops commanded by Arnold , was ordered to march to Canada , by
the river Kennebeck , and thro ' the wil . derness . After suffering every hardship ,
and the most disstressing hunger , they arrived in Canada , and were joined by ...
Page 124
On the opening of the campaign the next year ( 1780 ) the British troops left
Rhode - Island . An expedition under General Clinton and Lord Cornwallis , was
undertaken against Charleston , South - Carolina , where General Lincoln
commande ...
On the opening of the campaign the next year ( 1780 ) the British troops left
Rhode - Island . An expedition under General Clinton and Lord Cornwallis , was
undertaken against Charleston , South - Carolina , where General Lincoln
commande ...
Page 132
Thoughts of vengeance were soon buried in our inbre affection to Great - Britain ,
and calm reason dictated a methal of removing the troops , more mild than an
immediate recourse to the sword . With united efforts you urged the immediat ...
Thoughts of vengeance were soon buried in our inbre affection to Great - Britain ,
and calm reason dictated a methal of removing the troops , more mild than an
immediate recourse to the sword . With united efforts you urged the immediat ...
Page 135
It was reasonable to expect that troops , who knew ihe errand they were sent
upon , would treat the people , whom they were to subjugate , with cruelty arid
haughtiness , which too often buries the honorable character of a soldier , in the ...
It was reasonable to expect that troops , who knew ihe errand they were sent
upon , would treat the people , whom they were to subjugate , with cruelty arid
haughtiness , which too often buries the honorable character of a soldier , in the ...
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Page 183 - You have done that you should be sorry for. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Page 181 - 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...
Page 179 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 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 10 - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Page 179 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing...
Page 10 - As in a theatre the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard : no man cried, God save him...
Page 10 - God save him; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home: But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, — His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, — That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Page 198 - With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing.
Page 195 - The whole strange purpose of their lives to find Or make an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks backward, onward still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nose.
Page 182 - And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large...
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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 : Being the Third Part of A Grammatical Institute of the English ... |
| Author | Noah Webster |
| Publisher | Evert Duyckinck, 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 May 2007 |
| Length | 236 pages |
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