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 MindSeward and Williams, 1813 - 226 Seiten |
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... human ; to forgive , divine . A more glorious victory cannot be gained over anoth- er man than this , that when the injury began on his part , the kindness should begin on ours . The prodigal robs his heir , the miser robs himself . We ...
... human ; to forgive , divine . A more glorious victory cannot be gained over anoth- er man than this , that when the injury began on his part , the kindness should begin on ours . The prodigal robs his heir , the miser robs himself . We ...
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... out before we are aware ; Whereas a lie is troublesome , and sets a man's invention upon the rack ; and ope trick needs a great many more to make it good . The pleasure which affects the human mind with the most [ 11 ]
... out before we are aware ; Whereas a lie is troublesome , and sets a man's invention upon the rack ; and ope trick needs a great many more to make it good . The pleasure which affects the human mind with the most [ 11 ]
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... human mind with the most lively and transporting touches , is the sense that we act in the eye of infinite wisdom , power and goodness , that will crown our virtuous endeavors here , and happi- ness hereafter , large as our desires ...
... human mind with the most lively and transporting touches , is the sense that we act in the eye of infinite wisdom , power and goodness , that will crown our virtuous endeavors here , and happi- ness hereafter , large as our desires ...
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... in which , whatever they determine , they will repent of their determination ; and this through a propensity of human nature , to fancy happiness in those schemes which it does not pursue . W CHAP . VIII . THAT- a piece of work [ 15 ]
... in which , whatever they determine , they will repent of their determination ; and this through a propensity of human nature , to fancy happiness in those schemes which it does not pursue . W CHAP . VIII . THAT- a piece of work [ 15 ]
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... human life , the chiefenemy both of public happiness and private tranquil-- ity ; and thought he could not lay on posterity a stronger obligation to reverence his memory , than by leaving them a salutary caution against this outrageous ...
... human life , the chiefenemy both of public happiness and private tranquil-- ity ; and thought he could not lay on posterity a stronger obligation to reverence his memory , than by leaving them a salutary caution against this outrageous ...
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