The American Manual, Or, New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Both in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers : to which are Added a Succinct History of the Colonies, from the Discovery of North America to the Close of the War of the Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United StatesS.H. Henry & Company, 1835 - 300페이지 |
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... soon become a confirmed habit - an uncom promising barrier to a good delivery . Those who have been accustomed to converse with persons partial- ly deaf , can well appreciate the importance of distinct utterance . A moderate voice with ...
... soon become a confirmed habit - an uncom promising barrier to a good delivery . Those who have been accustomed to converse with persons partial- ly deaf , can well appreciate the importance of distinct utterance . A moderate voice with ...
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... soon as the officer came to town upon duty , she offered him her hand which he accepted with joy , and their nuptials were accordingly solemnized . But all the lines of her fortune were to be striking . The very day on which by were ...
... soon as the officer came to town upon duty , she offered him her hand which he accepted with joy , and their nuptials were accordingly solemnized . But all the lines of her fortune were to be striking . The very day on which by were ...
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... soon recovering myself so far as to inquire whither we were going , and what was the cause of such clamor and con- fusion , I was told that we were launching out into the ocean of life ; that we had already passed the straits of infancy ...
... soon recovering myself so far as to inquire whither we were going , and what was the cause of such clamor and con- fusion , I was told that we were launching out into the ocean of life ; that we had already passed the straits of infancy ...
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... soon forgot the rudder , and left himself again to the disposal of chance . 7. This negligence did not proceed from indifference , or from weariness of their present condition ; for not one of those who thus rushed upon destruction ...
... soon forgot the rudder , and left himself again to the disposal of chance . 7. This negligence did not proceed from indifference , or from weariness of their present condition ; for not one of those who thus rushed upon destruction ...
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... soon by irreparable decay . d 11. In the midst of the current of Life , was the gulf of Intemperance , a dreadful whirlpeol , interspersed with rocks , of which the pointed crags were concealed under water , and the tops covered with ...
... soon by irreparable decay . d 11. In the midst of the current of Life , was the gulf of Intemperance , a dreadful whirlpeol , interspersed with rocks , of which the pointed crags were concealed under water , and the tops covered with ...
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293 페이지 - Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
269 페이지 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries...
291 페이지 - In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous, is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
269 페이지 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
202 페이지 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page; How Abram was the friend of God on high; Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
264 페이지 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
263 페이지 - He has constrained our fellow citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
109 페이지 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
153 페이지 - ... fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
181 페이지 - The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.