Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking ... to which are Prefixed, Elements of Gesture ... and Rules for Expressing, with Propriety, the Various Passions, &c. of the Mind |
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... is a slave to every one who has a tongue for detraction . Always to indulge our appetites is to extinguish them . Abstain , that you may enjoy . E To have your enemy in your power , and yet SECT . I. ] 49 LESSONS IN READING .
... is a slave to every one who has a tongue for detraction . Always to indulge our appetites is to extinguish them . Abstain , that you may enjoy . E To have your enemy in your power , and yet SECT . I. ] 49 LESSONS IN READING .
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... enemy in your power , and yet do him good , is the greatest heroism . Modesty , were it to be recommended for nothing else , leaves a man at ease , by pretending to little ; whereas vain - glory requires perpetual labor to appear what ...
... enemy in your power , and yet do him good , is the greatest heroism . Modesty , were it to be recommended for nothing else , leaves a man at ease , by pretending to little ; whereas vain - glory requires perpetual labor to appear what ...
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... enemy , with a frankness of heart which is natural to him , that he believed they two should be very good friends , were it not for the instigations of Poverty , that pernicious counsellor , who made an ill use of his ear , and filled ...
... enemy , with a frankness of heart which is natural to him , that he believed they two should be very good friends , were it not for the instigations of Poverty , that pernicious counsellor , who made an ill use of his ear , and filled ...
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... enemy's camp , which was appointed for the general rendezvous of the female carriers , being very desirous to look into their several ladings . The first of them had a huge sack upon her shoulders , which she set down with great care ...
... enemy's camp , which was appointed for the general rendezvous of the female carriers , being very desirous to look into their several ladings . The first of them had a huge sack upon her shoulders , which she set down with great care ...
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... enemy to your own enjoyment , if you enter on the discipline which leads to the attainment of a classical and liberal education , with reluctance . Value duly the opportunities you enjoy , and which are denied to thousands of your ...
... enemy to your own enjoyment , if you enter on the discipline which leads to the attainment of a classical and liberal education , with reluctance . Value duly the opportunities you enjoy , and which are denied to thousands of your ...
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