The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. CarpenterJoseph Edwards Carpenter 1869 |
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... soon con- vince you if you are heard or not . 3. Never read in public a piece with which you are previously un- acquainted : you must , in order to give the proper emphasis to the lines before you , be acquainted with what is to follow ...
... soon con- vince you if you are heard or not . 3. Never read in public a piece with which you are previously un- acquainted : you must , in order to give the proper emphasis to the lines before you , be acquainted with what is to follow ...
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... soon vanish to make way for others , like the traces which the ebbing tide leaves upon the sand . Nor is this all . In proportion as the associating principles which lay the foundation of susceptibility and readiness predominate in the ...
... soon vanish to make way for others , like the traces which the ebbing tide leaves upon the sand . Nor is this all . In proportion as the associating principles which lay the foundation of susceptibility and readiness predominate in the ...
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... soon to undergo . If thus you have the wisdom to use the decaying season of nature , it brings with it consolations more valuable than all the enjoyments of former days . In the long retrospect of your journey , you have seen , every ...
... soon to undergo . If thus you have the wisdom to use the decaying season of nature , it brings with it consolations more valuable than all the enjoyments of former days . In the long retrospect of your journey , you have seen , every ...
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... soon as the poison came up to his heart ; for the parts about his heart were already grown stiff . Then Socrates , putting aside the garment wherewith he was covered ; " We owe , " saith he , a cock to Esculapius ; but do ye pay him ...
... soon as the poison came up to his heart ; for the parts about his heart were already grown stiff . Then Socrates , putting aside the garment wherewith he was covered ; " We owe , " saith he , a cock to Esculapius ; but do ye pay him ...
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... soon after day- break . They had read and talked to her in the earlier portion of the night , but as the hours crept on she sunk to sleep . They could tell , by what she faintly uttered in her dreams , that they were of her journeyings ...
... soon after day- break . They had read and talked to her in the earlier portion of the night , but as the hours crept on she sunk to sleep . They could tell , by what she faintly uttered in her dreams , that they were of her journeyings ...
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