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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... young minds , and substituting others , which cannot fail to be as entertaining as useful . The present edition comprehends a great variety of sentiment ; morality , history , elocution , anecdote and description ; and it is believed ...
... young minds , and substituting others , which cannot fail to be as entertaining as useful . The present edition comprehends a great variety of sentiment ; morality , history , elocution , anecdote and description ; and it is believed ...
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... Young men are subtle arguers ; the cloke of honor covers all their faults , as that of passion , all their follies . Economy is no disgrace ; it is better living on a little , than out living a great deal . Next to the satisfaction I ...
... Young men are subtle arguers ; the cloke of honor covers all their faults , as that of passion , all their follies . Economy is no disgrace ; it is better living on a little , than out living a great deal . Next to the satisfaction I ...
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... young , consider that he shall one day be old - and remember , when he is old , that he has once been young . He Avarice is always poor , but poor , by her own fault . The maxim which Periander of Corinth , one of the seven sages of ...
... young , consider that he shall one day be old - and remember , when he is old , that he has once been young . He Avarice is always poor , but poor , by her own fault . The maxim which Periander of Corinth , one of the seven sages of ...
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... YOUNG man , son of a cobler in a small village near Madrid , having pushed his fortune in the Indies , returning to his native country with a considerable stock , and set up as a banker in Madrid . In his absence , his parents ...
... YOUNG man , son of a cobler in a small village near Madrid , having pushed his fortune in the Indies , returning to his native country with a considerable stock , and set up as a banker in Madrid . In his absence , his parents ...
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... But replied Perrin , I have hands to work . I have laid up twenty crowns of my wages , which will defray the expense of the wedding . I'll work harder , and lay up more . Well , said the old man , you are young , and may wait a [ 21 ]
... But replied Perrin , I have hands to work . I have laid up twenty crowns of my wages , which will defray the expense of the wedding . I'll work harder , and lay up more . Well , said the old man , you are young , and may wait a [ 21 ]
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