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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... peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one ' counsellor of a thousand . Let reason go before every enterprise , and counsel , be fore every action . CHAP . VI . 3 1 at THE latter part of a wise man's life is taken up in cur - of ing ...
... peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one ' counsellor of a thousand . Let reason go before every enterprise , and counsel , be fore every action . CHAP . VI . 3 1 at THE latter part of a wise man's life is taken up in cur - of ing ...
Page 54
... thousand times worse than death ; that you and yours might survive to days of peace and prosperity ? Is it your preservers then , whom you would destine to destruction ??? 13. " You will not , you cannot do it [ 54 ]
... thousand times worse than death ; that you and yours might survive to days of peace and prosperity ? Is it your preservers then , whom you would destine to destruction ??? 13. " You will not , you cannot do it [ 54 ]
Page 57
... peace and war within that time ; being personally acquainted with many of you , both in your public and private characters ; and having an earnest desire to promote your true inter- est , I trust you will not think me altogether ...
... peace and war within that time ; being personally acquainted with many of you , both in your public and private characters ; and having an earnest desire to promote your true inter- est , I trust you will not think me altogether ...
Page 64
... peace . 5 Logan , however , disdained to be seen among the suppliants ; but , lest the sincerity of a treaty should be disturbed , from which so distinguished a chief absented himself , he sent a messenger , the following speech , to be ...
... peace . 5 Logan , however , disdained to be seen among the suppliants ; but , lest the sincerity of a treaty should be disturbed , from which so distinguished a chief absented himself , he sent a messenger , the following speech , to be ...
Page 83
... peace , and cut the throats of the whole colony . 12. The night of this intended conspiracy , Pocahontas took advantage of the obscurity ; and in a terrible storm which kept the savages in their tents , escaped from her father's house ...
... peace , and cut the throats of the whole colony . 12. The night of this intended conspiracy , Pocahontas took advantage of the obscurity ; and in a terrible storm which kept the savages in their tents , escaped from her father's house ...
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