The American Preceptor: Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking : Designed for the Use of Schools |
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... Duty of School - Boys The Hiftory of Jofeph , abridged A fhort Syftem of Virtue and Happiness The Child trained up for the Gallows Character of Fidelia Hiftory of Jerufalem The faithful American Dog Filial Duty and Affection The Bee On ...
... Duty of School - Boys The Hiftory of Jofeph , abridged A fhort Syftem of Virtue and Happiness The Child trained up for the Gallows Character of Fidelia Hiftory of Jerufalem The faithful American Dog Filial Duty and Affection The Bee On ...
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... duty which we owe ourselves , and if we will be fo much our own enemies as to neglect it , we are not to wonder if the world is deficient in difcharging their duty to us ; for when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin , others ...
... duty which we owe ourselves , and if we will be fo much our own enemies as to neglect it , we are not to wonder if the world is deficient in difcharging their duty to us ; for when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin , others ...
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... DUTY OF SCHOOL - BOYS .. QUINTILIAN fays , that he has included al- moftall the duty of scholars in this one piece of advice which he gives them ; to love those who teach them , as they love the fciences they learn of them ; and to look ...
... DUTY OF SCHOOL - BOYS .. QUINTILIAN fays , that he has included al- moftall the duty of scholars in this one piece of advice which he gives them ; to love those who teach them , as they love the fciences they learn of them ; and to look ...
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... duties ; that I origi nate from a fupreme Creator ; and that I am going on in the journey of life , to accomplish fome of his gracious pur- pofes at the clofe of it , as well as in its progrefs . 5. I divide my duty into three parts ...
... duties ; that I origi nate from a fupreme Creator ; and that I am going on in the journey of life , to accomplish fome of his gracious pur- pofes at the clofe of it , as well as in its progrefs . 5. I divide my duty into three parts ...
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... duty . 21. My duty to myself is , indeed , intimately connected with my duty to others . By preferving the faculties of my mind and body , and by improving them to the utmost , I am enabled to exert them with effect in the fervice of ...
... duty . 21. My duty to myself is , indeed , intimately connected with my duty to others . By preferving the faculties of my mind and body , and by improving them to the utmost , I am enabled to exert them with effect in the fervice of ...
Common terms and phrases
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Popular passages
Page 36 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 16 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone ; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 16 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 59 - And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write : and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
Page 17 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Page 59 - And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth...
Page 207 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 129 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation, who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Page 65 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...
Page 36 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.