Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples. For the Use of Common Schools and Academies. Including, Also, a Succinct History of the English Language, and of British and American Literature from the Earliest to the Present Times |
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... virtue ; and , in their dying moments , it enables them to say , " o death ! where is thy sting ? o grave ! where is thy victory ? ” SECTION II . RULES FOR SPELLING . Correctness in Spelling is to be acquired chiefly by . attending to ...
... virtue ; and , in their dying moments , it enables them to say , " o death ! where is thy sting ? o grave ! where is thy victory ? ” SECTION II . RULES FOR SPELLING . Correctness in Spelling is to be acquired chiefly by . attending to ...
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... virtue vice our VII . They traveled the progress is gradual . We are often this imprudence he was plunged best preparation all the uncertainties futurity , consists a good conscience , and a cheerful submission the will Heaven . he is ...
... virtue vice our VII . They traveled the progress is gradual . We are often this imprudence he was plunged best preparation all the uncertainties futurity , consists a good conscience , and a cheerful submission the will Heaven . he is ...
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... virtue . SECTION III . WORDS TO FORM SENTENCES ( continued ) . Supply such words as are necessary to make sense of the following exercises : EXAMPLE . Old , age , joyless , dreary , season , arrive , unimproved , corrupted , mind . Old ...
... virtue . SECTION III . WORDS TO FORM SENTENCES ( continued ) . Supply such words as are necessary to make sense of the following exercises : EXAMPLE . Old , age , joyless , dreary , season , arrive , unimproved , corrupted , mind . Old ...
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... virtue will make our whole life happy . 2. Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth . 3. The eager and presumptuous are continually disappointed . 4. Friendly sympathy heightens every joy . 5. Praise is pleasing to the mind of man ...
... virtue will make our whole life happy . 2. Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth . 3. The eager and presumptuous are continually disappointed . 4. Friendly sympathy heightens every joy . 5. Praise is pleasing to the mind of man ...
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... virtue , but it is a very good sign of a tract- able disposition , and a great preservative against vice . 2. Thousands , whom indolence has sunk into contemptible obscurity , might have attained the highest distinctions , if idleness ...
... virtue , but it is a very good sign of a tract- able disposition , and a great preservative against vice . 2. Thousands , whom indolence has sunk into contemptible obscurity , might have attained the highest distinctions , if idleness ...
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