The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. CarpenterJoseph Edwards Carpenter 1869 |
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... truth of this pro- position appears to be very generally admitted , and attested by the pleasure that is so universally derived from a just , appropriate , and harmonious delivery ; for as language is the medium through which we ...
... truth of this pro- position appears to be very generally admitted , and attested by the pleasure that is so universally derived from a just , appropriate , and harmonious delivery ; for as language is the medium through which we ...
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... truth of this observation must , at some time or other , have been apparent to most of us when we have witnessed the efforts of some unfortunate youth who has unexpectedly been called upon to entertain a family circle , by reading a ...
... truth of this observation must , at some time or other , have been apparent to most of us when we have witnessed the efforts of some unfortunate youth who has unexpectedly been called upon to entertain a family circle , by reading a ...
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... truth , that there is " no royal road to learning . " This ambitious youth sees a name just above his reach - a name which will be green in the me- mory of the world when those of Alexander , Cæsar , and Bonaparte , shall rot in ...
... truth , that there is " no royal road to learning . " This ambitious youth sees a name just above his reach - a name which will be green in the me- mory of the world when those of Alexander , Cæsar , and Bonaparte , shall rot in ...
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... truth ? Reasoning from what we know , " - and what else remains to us ? - -an earth without a sea would be an earth without rain , without vegetation , without life , -a dead and doleful planet of waste places , such as the telescope ...
... truth ? Reasoning from what we know , " - and what else remains to us ? - -an earth without a sea would be an earth without rain , without vegetation , without life , -a dead and doleful planet of waste places , such as the telescope ...
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... friend and familiar , a man , as we in truth affirm , of all whom we have by use and experience known , the wisest , and most just . 66 66 11. - MODERN GALLANTRY . CHARLES LAMB [ The " The Death of Socrates . 57 The Death of the First-Born.
... friend and familiar , a man , as we in truth affirm , of all whom we have by use and experience known , the wisest , and most just . 66 66 11. - MODERN GALLANTRY . CHARLES LAMB [ The " The Death of Socrates . 57 The Death of the First-Born.
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