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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ... - Page 324
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Swinton's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 6

William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...auspicate 1 all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the Church, tlursum corda!'* AVe ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that...empire, and have made the most extensive and the only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness of the...
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Translations [from Gr. and Lat. authors], by R.C. Jebb, H. Jackson and W.E ...

sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb - 1885 - 456 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the Church, Sursum corda ! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...wilderness into a glorious empire : and have made the most exten sive, and the only honourable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the health, the...
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Patriotic Eloquence: Being Selections from One Hundred Years of National ...

Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the church, Sursum cordal We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness of the...
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History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the ..., Volume 4

George Bancroft - United States - 1886 - 486 pages
...conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...empire, and have made the most extensive and the only honorable conquests by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness of the human race." For three...
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Passages for Translation Into Latin Prose

English language - 1887 - 152 pages
...warning of the church Sursum corda! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity...wealth, the number, the happiness of the human race. XXI. THE SAME. But it is no reason, because there is a bad mode of enquiry, that there should be no...
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Passages for Translation Into Latin Prose

English language - 1887 - 152 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America, with the old warning of the church Sursum corda J We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned...
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English Prose: From Maundevile to Thackeray

Arthur Howard Galton - English prose literature - 1888 - 368 pages
...to auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the church, Surdum corda! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...wealth, the number, the happiness of the human race. English privileges have made it all that it is ; English privileges alone will make it all it can be....
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McGuffey's Alternate First[-sixth] Reader, Book 5

William Holmes McGuffey - Readers (Primary) - 1888 - 316 pages
...auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the church, LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness of the...
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The Continental First[-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 pages
...to auspicate our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the Church, Sursum Corda .' We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness of the...
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Lectures on Greek Prose Composition: With Exercises

Arthur Sidgwick - Greek language - 1889 - 186 pages
...to auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the church, Sursum corda. We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of...trust to which the order of Providence has called us. 5. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into...
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