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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... Fear opens the eyes and mouth , shortens the nose , draws down the eye - brows , gives the countenance an air of wild- ness ; the face becomes pale , the elbows are drawn back parallel with the sides , one foot is drawn back , the heart ...
... Fear opens the eyes and mouth , shortens the nose , draws down the eye - brows , gives the countenance an air of wild- ness ; the face becomes pale , the elbows are drawn back parallel with the sides , one foot is drawn back , the heart ...
Page 8
... fear , who dares to die . There is but one way of fortifying the soul against all gloomy presages and terrors of the mind ; and that is , by securing to ourselves the friendship and protection of that Being who disposes of events and ...
... fear , who dares to die . There is but one way of fortifying the soul against all gloomy presages and terrors of the mind ; and that is , by securing to ourselves the friendship and protection of that Being who disposes of events and ...
Page 12
... fear is nothing else , but a betray- ing of the succors which reason offereth . A rich man , begining to fall , is held up by his friends ; but a poor man , being down , is thrust away by his friends . When a rich man is fallen , he ...
... fear is nothing else , but a betray- ing of the succors which reason offereth . A rich man , begining to fall , is held up by his friends ; but a poor man , being down , is thrust away by his friends . When a rich man is fallen , he ...
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... - mitted again with less reluctance . The great disturbers of our happiness in this world are our desires , our griefs , and our fears ; and to all these the 16 consideration of mortality is a certain and adequate remedy [ 18 ]
... - mitted again with less reluctance . The great disturbers of our happiness in this world are our desires , our griefs , and our fears ; and to all these the 16 consideration of mortality is a certain and adequate remedy [ 18 ]
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... fear of imputed osten- tation may withhold them from being foremost in exhibit- ing their merits . " 17. " Indeed , the station to which the captivity of count Vienne , has unhappily raised me , imports a right to be the first in giving ...
... fear of imputed osten- tation may withhold them from being foremost in exhibit- ing their merits . " 17. " Indeed , the station to which the captivity of count Vienne , has unhappily raised me , imports a right to be the first in giving ...
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