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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... thou the Son of Man with a kiss ? " Here the subject of enquiry is , whether the common token of love and benevolence is prostituted to the purpose of treachery ; the force of the question depends on the last word , which is therefore ...
... thou the Son of Man with a kiss ? " Here the subject of enquiry is , whether the common token of love and benevolence is prostituted to the purpose of treachery ; the force of the question depends on the last word , which is therefore ...
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... thou givest any thing . not the dew assuage the heat ? So is a word better than a gift . Lo , is not a word better than a gift ? But both are with a gracious man . Blame not before thou hast examined the truth ; un derstand first and ...
... thou givest any thing . not the dew assuage the heat ? So is a word better than a gift . Lo , is not a word better than a gift ? But both are with a gracious man . Blame not before thou hast examined the truth ; un derstand first and ...
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... thou wouldest get a friend , prove him first , and be not hasty to credit him ; for some men are friends for their > own occasions , and will not abide in the day of trouble . 1 Forsake not an old friend , for the new is not compara ...
... thou wouldest get a friend , prove him first , and be not hasty to credit him ; for some men are friends for their > own occasions , and will not abide in the day of trouble . 1 Forsake not an old friend , for the new is not compara ...
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... thou wilt never indulge violent desires , or give up thy heart to mean sentiments . " The certainty that life cannot be long , and the proba-- bility that it will be shorter than nature allows , ought to awaken every man to the active ...
... thou wilt never indulge violent desires , or give up thy heart to mean sentiments . " The certainty that life cannot be long , and the proba-- bility that it will be shorter than nature allows , ought to awaken every man to the active ...
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... thou didst bestow on me , now augment my sorrows . I open the wounds of a heart that yet bleeds and thy death is renovated to me . 2. But my passion was too violent - Thou didst merit it too well ; and thine image is too deeply engraven ...
... thou didst bestow on me , now augment my sorrows . I open the wounds of a heart that yet bleeds and thy death is renovated to me . 2. But my passion was too violent - Thou didst merit it too well ; and thine image is too deeply engraven ...
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