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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... shew us that Providence did not de- sign this world should be filled with murmurs and repin- ings , or that the heart of man should be involved in gloom and melancholy . 1 the more inculcate this cheerfulness of temper , as it is a ...
... shew us that Providence did not de- sign this world should be filled with murmurs and repin- ings , or that the heart of man should be involved in gloom and melancholy . 1 the more inculcate this cheerfulness of temper , as it is a ...
Page 90
... shew him that his discontent is unreasonable , but are by no means sufficient to relieve it . They rather give despair than consolation . In a word , a man might reply to one of these comforters , as Augustus did to his friend , who ...
... shew him that his discontent is unreasonable , but are by no means sufficient to relieve it . They rather give despair than consolation . In a word , a man might reply to one of these comforters , as Augustus did to his friend , who ...
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... shew what the descen- dants are . It alike exhibits to public view , their degene racy and their worth . I own I cannot boast of the deeds of my forefathers ; but I hope I may answer the cavils of the Patricians , by standing up in ...
... shew what the descen- dants are . It alike exhibits to public view , their degene racy and their worth . I own I cannot boast of the deeds of my forefathers ; but I hope I may answer the cavils of the Patricians , by standing up in ...
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