The American PreceptorJ.H.A. Frost, 1829 |
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... less so , all the rest of their lives . 2. Nothing can be of greater service to a young man , who has any degree of understanding , than an intimate con- * Pronounced E'ski - neez . versation with one of riper years , who is not THE ...
... less so , all the rest of their lives . 2. Nothing can be of greater service to a young man , who has any degree of understanding , than an intimate con- * Pronounced E'ski - neez . versation with one of riper years , who is not THE ...
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... less hurtful than that of a slanderer ; and the gilded scales of a rattlesnake less dread- ful than the purse of the oppressor . 22. As benevolence is the most sociable of all the THE AMERICAN PRECEPTOR .
... less hurtful than that of a slanderer ; and the gilded scales of a rattlesnake less dread- ful than the purse of the oppressor . 22. As benevolence is the most sociable of all the THE AMERICAN PRECEPTOR .
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... less courage at first . Terrified by the prospect of those tortures which awaited him , or overcome by the fond love of life , and by the flattery of artful men , who pompously represented the dignities to which his char- acter still ...
... less courage at first . Terrified by the prospect of those tortures which awaited him , or overcome by the fond love of life , and by the flattery of artful men , who pompously represented the dignities to which his char- acter still ...
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... less astonished than delighted with his success , had him conducted to court with a pomp suita- ble to the event which added such distinguished lustre to their reign . His family was ennobled , and his former priv ileges and offices ...
... less astonished than delighted with his success , had him conducted to court with a pomp suita- ble to the event which added such distinguished lustre to their reign . His family was ennobled , and his former priv ileges and offices ...
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... less shall thy fair ones to glory ascend , And genius and beauty in harmony blend ; The graces of form shall awake pure desire , And the charms of the soul ever cherish the fire ; Their sweetness unmingled , their manners refined , And ...
... less shall thy fair ones to glory ascend , And genius and beauty in harmony blend ; The graces of form shall awake pure desire , And the charms of the soul ever cherish the fire ; Their sweetness unmingled , their manners refined , And ...
Términos y frases comunes
animal appearance arms Athenians aunt AUNT BETTY behold blood brethren Brutus Cæsar Calais called captain carried Cassius Cato child Cortez Council of Ten countrymen creature cried death Demosthenes Egypt endeavours enemies eyes falls father FERNANDO CORTEZ gentleman give glory governour Hamet hand happy hath hear heart Heaven honour horrour human Indians island Joseph kill king land liberty lion lives look manner Masser Fenton master mean Mexican empire Miller mind morning mother neighbour Nero never night parents Penn person poor Powhatan prison Pronounced publick Rolla Roman Saguntum savage Scrape sent ship shore Sicily slaves soldiers soon Spain speak SPEECH stranger suffer tears tell thee Themistocles thing thou hast tion unhappy unto Venice virtue Walter Manny wife William Penn words wretched young
Pasajes populares
Página 34 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 62 - And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come; for which hope's sake, King Agrippa I am accused of the Jews.
Página 62 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem : and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Página 209 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on...
Página 209 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...
Página 14 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of many colours.
Página 208 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason ! — Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.
Página 208 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament — Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read — And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds And dip their napkins...
Página 172 - Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound. As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care, Seeks freshest pasture and the purest air, Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs, By day o'ersees them, and by night protects ; The tender lambs he raises in his arms, Feeds from his hand, and in his bosom warms : Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage, The promised Father of the future age.
Página 198 - For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...