An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Mind and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which is Prefixed, Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the MindPublished and sold by David Hogan, 1816 - 230 pages |
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... expect that mankind will take advice , when they will not so much as take warning ? 4. Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness , yet perhaps few know their own strength . It is in men as in soils , where sometimes ...
... expect that mankind will take advice , when they will not so much as take warning ? 4. Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness , yet perhaps few know their own strength . It is in men as in soils , where sometimes ...
Page 45
... expect- ed before Ticonderoga . The day after the conquest of that place , he was badly wounded , and she crossed the Lake Champlain to join him . 3. As soon as he recovered , Lady Harriet proceeded to follow his fortunes through the ...
... expect- ed before Ticonderoga . The day after the conquest of that place , he was badly wounded , and she crossed the Lake Champlain to join him . 3. As soon as he recovered , Lady Harriet proceeded to follow his fortunes through the ...
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... expect . But it is due in justice at the close of this adven ture to say , that she was received and accommodated by General Gates , with all the humanity and respect that her rank , merits , and her fortunes deserved . 21. Let such as ...
... expect . But it is due in justice at the close of this adven ture to say , that she was received and accommodated by General Gates , with all the humanity and respect that her rank , merits , and her fortunes deserved . 21. Let such as ...
Page 77
... expect , but either an im- mediate death , or a long and doleful captivity . 7. The latter of these , by the favour Providence , turned out to be the lot of these unhappy women , and their still more unhappy , because more helpless ...
... expect , but either an im- mediate death , or a long and doleful captivity . 7. The latter of these , by the favour Providence , turned out to be the lot of these unhappy women , and their still more unhappy , because more helpless ...
Page 78
... expect . 12. From such savage masters , in such indigent circum- stances , we could not rationally hope for kinder treatment than we received . Some of us , it is true , had a harder lot than others ; and , among my children , I thought ...
... expect . 12. From such savage masters , in such indigent circum- stances , we could not rationally hope for kinder treatment than we received . Some of us , it is true , had a harder lot than others ; and , among my children , I thought ...
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