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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... pleasing astonishment , to fee fo many worlds hanging one above another , and fliding round their axles in fuch an amazing pomp and folemnity . 2. If , after this , we contemplate thofe wild fields of . ether , ' that reach in height as ...
... pleasing astonishment , to fee fo many worlds hanging one above another , and fliding round their axles in fuch an amazing pomp and folemnity . 2. If , after this , we contemplate thofe wild fields of . ether , ' that reach in height as ...
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... PLEASING .. I HAVE often lamented , that they , who have taken the moft pains to recommend an attention to the art of pleafing , have urged it only on the mean mo . tives of felf - intereft . 2. In order to attain the power of pleafing ...
... PLEASING .. I HAVE often lamented , that they , who have taken the moft pains to recommend an attention to the art of pleafing , have urged it only on the mean mo . tives of felf - intereft . 2. In order to attain the power of pleafing ...
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... pleasing , that if you defire to please , you can scarcely fail to please . But what motive , according to their doctrine , is to excite this defire ? A wish to render all with whom you converfe fubfervient to your interested purposes ...
... pleasing , that if you defire to please , you can scarcely fail to please . But what motive , according to their doctrine , is to excite this defire ? A wish to render all with whom you converfe fubfervient to your interested purposes ...
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... pleasing , than any of those which are said so eminently to have distinguished a Marlborough and a Bollingbroke . 13. The pious and amiable Mr. N- feems to me to have deferved the epithet of all - accomplished , much better than he to ...
... pleasing , than any of those which are said so eminently to have distinguished a Marlborough and a Bollingbroke . 13. The pious and amiable Mr. N- feems to me to have deferved the epithet of all - accomplished , much better than he to ...
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... pleasing are added the last polish of a graceful deportment , the habits acquired in good company , an acquaintance with men and manners , a tafte for polite arts and polite books , no other requifites will be wanting to perfect the art ...
... pleasing are added the last polish of a graceful deportment , the habits acquired in good company , an acquaintance with men and manners , a tafte for polite arts and polite books , no other requifites will be wanting to perfect the art ...
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affiftance affured againſt alfo anfwer becauſe beſt bleffing buſineſs Cato caufe Cefar converfation defire deftroy difcovered diſtance fafe fafety faid fame father favage fave fcene fecurity feemed felves fenfe fent fentiment ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhip fhore fhort fhould fhow fide fincere firſt fituation flaves fome foon forrows foul fpeak fpring ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fupport fure give Hamet happineſs heart Heaven himſelf honor houſe human ifland Indians intereſt itſelf Jofeph juft juftice juſt laft lefs mafter Mexican empire mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffed paffion perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure prefent prifoners puniſhment purpoſe raiſe reafon refpect rife ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtate Syphax thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand underſtand unto uſe virtue whofe William Penn young yourſelf
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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.