Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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Page 54
... fortune depends greatly on the choice we make of our friends . The young are slaves to novelty , the old to custom . No preacher is so successful as time . It gives a turn of thought to the aged , which it was impossible to inspire ...
... fortune depends greatly on the choice we make of our friends . The young are slaves to novelty , the old to custom . No preacher is so successful as time . It gives a turn of thought to the aged , which it was impossible to inspire ...
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... fortune is more frequently made hy his tongue , than by his virtues ; and more frequently crushed by it , than by his vices . V. EVEN self interest is a motive for benevolence . There are none so low , but may have it in their power to ...
... fortune is more frequently made hy his tongue , than by his virtues ; and more frequently crushed by it , than by his vices . V. EVEN self interest is a motive for benevolence . There are none so low , but may have it in their power to ...
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... fortune to make thy escape : Never venture into a well a- gain , before thou hast well considered how to get out of it . VII . - The Fox and the Stork -IB . THE Fox , though , in general more inclined to roguery than wit , had once a ...
... fortune to make thy escape : Never venture into a well a- gain , before thou hast well considered how to get out of it . VII . - The Fox and the Stork -IB . THE Fox , though , in general more inclined to roguery than wit , had once a ...
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... fortune in that way without success . I cannot , however , dismiss this letter , without observing , that the true story on which it is built , does honor to the sex ; and that , in order to abuse them , the writer is obliged to have ...
... fortune in that way without success . I cannot , however , dismiss this letter , without observing , that the true story on which it is built , does honor to the sex ; and that , in order to abuse them , the writer is obliged to have ...
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... fortune and their characters . XXIII . — Advantages of , and Motives to Cheerfulness . SPECTATOR . CHEERFULNESS is in the first place the best promo- ter of health . Repinings , and secret murmurs of the heart , give imperceptible ...
... fortune and their characters . XXIII . — Advantages of , and Motives to Cheerfulness . SPECTATOR . CHEERFULNESS is in the first place the best promo- ter of health . Repinings , and secret murmurs of the heart , give imperceptible ...
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