Sanders' Young Ladies' Reader: Embracing a Comprehensive Course of Instruction in the Principles of Rhetorical Reading : with a Choice Collection of Exercises in Reading, Both in Prose and Poetry, for the Use of the Higher Female Seminaries, as Also, the Higher Classes in Female Schools Generally |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 84
Page 142
... look with more expectation to a plain face for those inner qualities which are most entitled to esteem . We look on beauty as we look upon the rose - the fairest of flowers while it lasts , but proverbially short - lived and easily ...
... look with more expectation to a plain face for those inner qualities which are most entitled to esteem . We look on beauty as we look upon the rose - the fairest of flowers while it lasts , but proverbially short - lived and easily ...
Page 248
... look down with satisfaction on such a spectacle . [ All very true , perhaps ; but this is apparently a drama which would expire for want of actors , if men had their own choice . ] 2. The corrupting tendency of prosperity has always ...
... look down with satisfaction on such a spectacle . [ All very true , perhaps ; but this is apparently a drama which would expire for want of actors , if men had their own choice . ] 2. The corrupting tendency of prosperity has always ...
Page 256
... look down in the sheepish way I do ; but that , when I meet a gentleman in our walks , I must look as full at him as I can , to show my eyes , and laugh , to show my teeth ( all our family have white teeth ) , and flourish my ratteen to ...
... look down in the sheepish way I do ; but that , when I meet a gentleman in our walks , I must look as full at him as I can , to show my eyes , and laugh , to show my teeth ( all our family have white teeth ) , and flourish my ratteen to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Æneid ancient ancient Greece Arachne beauty behold beneath blessed bosom breast breath bright bright waves child circumflex clouds Coriolanus Crux Australis dark dead dear death dream earth Elmina Emma ensigns of command EXERCISE eyes face falling inflection father fear feel flowers Forever-nèver Give examples glory hand happiness hath hear heart heaven hight honor hope hour human kind labor Lady light live to love look loud Melch mind morning mother mountains nature never Néver-forever Nevermore night o'er ocean Olinda OLIVER GOLDSMITH passed pause Phys pitch QUESTIONS.-1 rising inflection rocks rule Sabinus scene seems smile soft song sorrow soul sound speaking spirit spring paints stanza stars Stran sweet tears tempest thee thine thing thou hast thought tion tone trees Uncle Veturia voice Volsci wild wind wonder words young youth