The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed for the Highest Class in Public and Private SchoolsThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1848 - 484 pàgines |
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Pàgina 16
... thing as the human tongue . But little as it is , it is a mighty instrument for good or for evil ; and , in saying this , I leave out of the question the power of an eloquent public orator , and speak of its effects , merely in ...
... thing as the human tongue . But little as it is , it is a mighty instrument for good or for evil ; and , in saying this , I leave out of the question the power of an eloquent public orator , and speak of its effects , merely in ...
Pàgina 18
... things , to find the proper medium between two extremes . Some men , aiming at cor- rectness and precision , cultivate a grandiloquence and pomp of expression which are quite ludicrous , especially if the thoughts bear no proportion to ...
... things , to find the proper medium between two extremes . Some men , aiming at cor- rectness and precision , cultivate a grandiloquence and pomp of expression which are quite ludicrous , especially if the thoughts bear no proportion to ...
Pàgina 25
... things necessary and certain often surprise us like unexpected contingencies . We leave the beauty in her bloom , and , after an absence of twenty years , wonder , at our return , to find her faded . We meet those whom we left chil ...
... things necessary and certain often surprise us like unexpected contingencies . We leave the beauty in her bloom , and , after an absence of twenty years , wonder , at our return , to find her faded . We meet those whom we left chil ...
Pàgina 31
... things which grow out of the dust of the earth are washed away , and the hope of man is destroyed . " Conscious of our own instability , we look about for some- thing to rest on ; but we look in vain . The heavens and the earth had a ...
... things which grow out of the dust of the earth are washed away , and the hope of man is destroyed . " Conscious of our own instability , we look about for some- thing to rest on ; but we look in vain . The heavens and the earth had a ...
Pàgina 32
... thing which comes under our notice has en- dured for so short a time , and in so short a time will be no more , we cannot say that we receive the least assurance by thinking on ourselves . When they , on whose fate we have been ...
... thing which comes under our notice has en- dured for so short a time , and in so short a time will be no more , we cannot say that we receive the least assurance by thinking on ourselves . When they , on whose fate we have been ...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ... William Draper Swan Visualització completa - 1845 |
The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ... William Draper Swan Visualització completa - 1845 |
The District School Reader: Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking; Designed ... William Draper Swan Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
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