Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and SpeakingMarsh, Capen & Lyon, 1831 - 372 pages |
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... master will be a little discouraged , at the awkward figure his pupil makes , in his first attempts to teach him . But this is no more than what happens in dancing , fencing , or any other exercise which depends on habit . By practice ...
... master will be a little discouraged , at the awkward figure his pupil makes , in his first attempts to teach him . But this is no more than what happens in dancing , fencing , or any other exercise which depends on habit . By practice ...
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... masters , who are against teach- ing boys any action at all , and are for leaving them in this point entirely to nature . It is happy , however , that they do not leave that action to nature , which is acquired by danc- ing ; the ...
... masters , who are against teach- ing boys any action at all , and are for leaving them in this point entirely to nature . It is happy , however , that they do not leave that action to nature , which is acquired by danc- ing ; the ...
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... master , of his lady mother's making . She blows him up with self - conceit , and there she stops . She makes a man of him at twelve , and a boy all his life after . An infallible way to make your child miserable , is to satisfy all his ...
... master , of his lady mother's making . She blows him up with self - conceit , and there she stops . She makes a man of him at twelve , and a boy all his life after . An infallible way to make your child miserable , is to satisfy all his ...
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... master of all the qualifications that can make you These are the only terms and conditions upon which I can propose happiness . " The goddess of Pleasure here broke in upon her discourse : You see , " said she , Her- cules , by her own ...
... master of all the qualifications that can make you These are the only terms and conditions upon which I can propose happiness . " The goddess of Pleasure here broke in upon her discourse : You see , " said she , Her- cules , by her own ...
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... master of the greatest part of the world . His table was served with the most frugal simplicity ; and whenever he was at liberty to consult his own inclination , the company consisted of a few select friends , men of learn- ing and ...
... master of the greatest part of the world . His table was served with the most frugal simplicity ; and whenever he was at liberty to consult his own inclination , the company consisted of a few select friends , men of learn- ing and ...
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