The American Preceptor: Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking, Designed for the Use of SchoolsManning and Loring, 1811 - 228 páginas |
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... best understood ; but he who pronounces upon that key which fills the fpace occupied by the audience . That pitch of voice , which is ufed in ordinary converfa- tion , is ufually the best for a public speaker . 3. Early attention ought ...
... best understood ; but he who pronounces upon that key which fills the fpace occupied by the audience . That pitch of voice , which is ufed in ordinary converfa- tion , is ufually the best for a public speaker . 3. Early attention ought ...
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... best direction which can be given , is , to copy the prop- er tones for expreffing every fentiment from thofe which nature dictates to us in converfation with others . 12. With refpect to gefture , the few following hints may be of fome ...
... best direction which can be given , is , to copy the prop- er tones for expreffing every fentiment from thofe which nature dictates to us in converfation with others . 12. With refpect to gefture , the few following hints may be of fome ...
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... best and most compendious method , what has been in vain pretended to by proud philofophy . And in felecting a mode or peculiar fyftem of religion , I fhall confider what that was in which my father lived and died . 30. I find it to ...
... best and most compendious method , what has been in vain pretended to by proud philofophy . And in felecting a mode or peculiar fyftem of religion , I fhall confider what that was in which my father lived and died . 30. I find it to ...
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... best foundation for affecting the praise of a feeming negligence . 10. Thofe who think themfelves the pattern of good breeding , and refinement , would be astonished to hear , that , in thofe intervals , when the old gentleman is at ...
... best foundation for affecting the praise of a feeming negligence . 10. Thofe who think themfelves the pattern of good breeding , and refinement , would be astonished to hear , that , in thofe intervals , when the old gentleman is at ...
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... best of mankind : Here , grateful to Heaven , with transport fhall bring Their incenfe , more fragrant than odors of fpring . 4. Nor lefs fhall thy fair ones to glory afcend , And genius and beauty in harmony blend ; The graces of form ...
... best of mankind : Here , grateful to Heaven , with transport fhall bring Their incenfe , more fragrant than odors of fpring . 4. Nor lefs fhall thy fair ones to glory afcend , And genius and beauty in harmony blend ; The graces of form ...
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Página 36 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 36 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 16 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Página 214 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Página 55 - I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Página 15 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine...
Página 204 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection.
Página 55 - ... my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Página 16 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Página 16 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.