Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryVicesimus Knox J. Johnson, 1808 - 1 pagina's An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... ourselves be heard by one to whom we address ourselves , provided he be within the reach of our voice . As this is the case in common conversation , it will hold also in public speaking . But remember , that in public as well as in ...
... ourselves be heard by one to whom we address ourselves , provided he be within the reach of our voice . As this is the case in common conversation , it will hold also in public speaking . But remember , that in public as well as in ...
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... ourselves , and useless to society . If again , we suffer ourselves to be misled by vicious inclina- tions , they will daily get new strength , and end in dissolute lives . But if we cul- tivate our minds in our youth , attain ha- bits ...
... ourselves , and useless to society . If again , we suffer ourselves to be misled by vicious inclina- tions , they will daily get new strength , and end in dissolute lives . But if we cul- tivate our minds in our youth , attain ha- bits ...
Pagina 199
... ourselves and others , than a malicious one . The sensations of a mind burning with revenge are beyond descrip- tion ; and as we are at these seasons very unable to judge coolly , and of course liable to carry our resentment too far ...
... ourselves and others , than a malicious one . The sensations of a mind burning with revenge are beyond descrip- tion ; and as we are at these seasons very unable to judge coolly , and of course liable to carry our resentment too far ...
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