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 12
... 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 hath many helpers ; he speaketh things not to be spoken , and yet ...
... 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 hath many helpers ; he speaketh things not to be spoken , and yet ...
Page 13
... 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 the follies , prejudices , and false opinions he had - contracted in the former ...
... 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 the follies , prejudices , and false opinions he had - contracted in the former ...
Page 14
... reason , because they understand every thing too soon . Whilst an author is yet living , we estimate his powers by the worst performance ; when he is dead , we rate them by his best . Men are grateful , in the same degree that they are ...
... reason , because they understand every thing too soon . Whilst an author is yet living , we estimate his powers by the worst performance ; when he is dead , we rate them by his best . Men are grateful , in the same degree that they are ...
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... reason . Their affection is not founded on the dazzling charms of beauty ; they are both the friends of virtue ; they love each other on this account . They will therefore , continue to love as long as they are virtuous - and their ...
... reason . Their affection is not founded on the dazzling charms of beauty ; they are both the friends of virtue ; they love each other on this account . They will therefore , continue to love as long as they are virtuous - and their ...
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... reason to expect . 12. From such savage masters , in such indigent circum- stances , we could not rationally hope for kinder treat- ment than we received . Some of us , it is true , had a hard- er lot than others ; and , among the ...
... reason to expect . 12. From such savage masters , in such indigent circum- stances , we could not rationally hope for kinder treat- ment than we received . Some of us , it is true , had a hard- er lot than others ; and , among the ...
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