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... the model of the most judicious and accurate speakers . SECTION VI . Tones . Tones are different both from 10 INTRODUCTION . The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue Character of Alfred, king of England.
... the model of the most judicious and accurate speakers . SECTION VI . Tones . Tones are different both from 10 INTRODUCTION . The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue Character of Alfred, king of England.
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... king of Sparta , being asked , " What things he thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus , has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train ...
... king of Sparta , being asked , " What things he thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus , has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train ...
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... king , " to taste this happiness ; and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damo cles , with joy , accepted the offer . The king ordered that a royal banquet should be prepared , and ...
... king , " to taste this happiness ; and to know , by experience , what the enjoyments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damo cles , with joy , accepted the offer . The king ordered that a royal banquet should be prepared , and ...
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... king of Israel , flourished the proph- et Elisha . His character was so ennent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad , the king of Syria , though an idolater , sent to consult him , concerning the issue of a distemper which ...
... king of Israel , flourished the proph- et Elisha . His character was so ennent , and his fame so widely spread , that Benhadad , the king of Syria , though an idolater , sent to consult him , concerning the issue of a distemper which ...
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... king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this general adulation , one person only stooped not to ... king's gate ; and observed , tha ze still refus- ed to do him homage . He stood not up , nor was mov- ed for him ...
... king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this general adulation , one person only stooped not to ... king's gate ; and observed , tha ze still refus- ed to do him homage . He stood not up , nor was mov- ed for him ...
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.