The Juvenile Mentor, Or Select Readings: Being American School Class Book No. 3, Containing Progressive Lessons in Orthoepy, Reading and Speaking ... |
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... persons , who will very naturally inquire into the utility of them . To these it may be answered , that the words of our language seem more nearly related to each other by their initials and terminations than at first sight may appear ...
... persons , who will very naturally inquire into the utility of them . To these it may be answered , that the words of our language seem more nearly related to each other by their initials and terminations than at first sight may appear ...
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... person so little favoured by nature , may dwell an exalted soul , which may one day astonish the world with the greatness of its virtues , or enlighten it with know- ledge . The most rugged stem may produce the most delicious fruit ...
... person so little favoured by nature , may dwell an exalted soul , which may one day astonish the world with the greatness of its virtues , or enlighten it with know- ledge . The most rugged stem may produce the most delicious fruit ...
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... person , to whom he related the affecting story . From some they received provisions , from some money , and from others clothes and linen ; so that in a short time , this little family , which was but lately in want of every thing ...
... person , to whom he related the affecting story . From some they received provisions , from some money , and from others clothes and linen ; so that in a short time , this little family , which was but lately in want of every thing ...
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... person's pain . He followed the old man he had been laughing at , though at some distance , wishing for an opportunity to do him some fa- vour , by way of atonement , for what he had done . 8. The good old man , in the meantime , by the ...
... person's pain . He followed the old man he had been laughing at , though at some distance , wishing for an opportunity to do him some fa- vour , by way of atonement , for what he had done . 8. The good old man , in the meantime , by the ...
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... persons may learn , that pleasure is but a painted butterfly ; which , if temperately pursued , may serve to amuse ; but which , when embraced with too much ar- dour , will perish in the grasp . Disinterested Humanity . 1. THE ...
... persons may learn , that pleasure is but a painted butterfly ; which , if temperately pursued , may serve to amuse ; but which , when embraced with too much ar- dour , will perish in the grasp . Disinterested Humanity . 1. THE ...
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Page 2 - Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.