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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... wishes . This will satisfy your father , and make us happy . 5. In their way to her father's house , a thought struck Perrin : " This money is not ours - It belongs to some stranger and perhaps this moment he is lamenting the loss of it ...
... wishes . This will satisfy your father , and make us happy . 5. In their way to her father's house , a thought struck Perrin : " This money is not ours - It belongs to some stranger and perhaps this moment he is lamenting the loss of it ...
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... wish , " con- tinued the old man , hesitatingly , " to think otherwise ; did I not look up with gratitude to that Being , I should bare- ly be satisfied with my recovery , as a continuation of life , which , it may be , is not a real ...
... wish , " con- tinued the old man , hesitatingly , " to think otherwise ; did I not look up with gratitude to that Being , I should bare- ly be satisfied with my recovery , as a continuation of life , which , it may be , is not a real ...
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... wish to deliver up as the victims of your own safety . " 12. " Which of these would you appoint to the rack , the ax , or the halter ? Is there any here who has not watch-- ed for you , who has not fought for you , who has not bled for ...
... wish to deliver up as the victims of your own safety . " 12. " Which of these would you appoint to the rack , the ax , or the halter ? Is there any here who has not watch-- ed for you , who has not fought for you , who has not bled for ...
Page 69
... my friends ; and in one word , of a whole generation . Is it possible in the same moment to be informed of this universal destruction , and not wish for death ? 16. " This general mortality , which to others comes [ 69 ]
... my friends ; and in one word , of a whole generation . Is it possible in the same moment to be informed of this universal destruction , and not wish for death ? 16. " This general mortality , which to others comes [ 69 ]
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... wishes , however trifling and foolish ; how- ever degrading to their dignity or injurious to their welfare . 4. Others , soured by misfortunes , or grown peevish and jealous by the loss of youthful pleasures , and an acquaint- ance with ...
... wishes , however trifling and foolish ; how- ever degrading to their dignity or injurious to their welfare . 4. Others , soured by misfortunes , or grown peevish and jealous by the loss of youthful pleasures , and an acquaint- ance with ...
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