The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Designed to Fill the Same Place in the Schools of the United States that is Held in Those of Great Britain ...Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1828 - 276 páginas |
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... character is moving in its proper sphere , and accom plishing the purpose of its author , when it is passing from hand to hand , among the children of Great Britain , introducing them to an acquaintance with their native land , and with ...
... character is moving in its proper sphere , and accom plishing the purpose of its author , when it is passing from hand to hand , among the children of Great Britain , introducing them to an acquaintance with their native land , and with ...
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... character of its own . Should not something of that character be learned by its children while at school ? Its mountains , and prairies , and lakes , and rivers , and cataracts , -its shores and hill - tops , that were early made sacred ...
... character of its own . Should not something of that character be learned by its children while at school ? Its mountains , and prairies , and lakes , and rivers , and cataracts , -its shores and hill - tops , that were early made sacred ...
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... Character of the Puritan Fathers .. 115. The same , concluded .... .IBID . 201 .O . DEWEY . 205 GREENWOOD . 213 .... IBID . 216 116. Extract from a Speech on the American Colonies..Lord Chatham . 219 117. Extract from a Speech on ...
... Character of the Puritan Fathers .. 115. The same , concluded .... .IBID . 201 .O . DEWEY . 205 GREENWOOD . 213 .... IBID . 216 116. Extract from a Speech on the American Colonies..Lord Chatham . 219 117. Extract from a Speech on ...
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... character , I may indeed injure him for some time ; but I shall be sure to be the greatest sufferer at last for , as soon as I am detected , ( and detected I most certainly shall be , ) I am blasted for the infamous attempt ; and ...
... character , I may indeed injure him for some time ; but I shall be sure to be the greatest sufferer at last for , as soon as I am detected , ( and detected I most certainly shall be , ) I am blasted for the infamous attempt ; and ...
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... character , quickly follows . Sometimes , in his madness , he attempts the destruction of his nearest friends . If the sufferer has a family , his weeping wife and helpless infants are not unfrequently the objects of his frantic fury ...
... character , quickly follows . Sometimes , in his madness , he attempts the destruction of his nearest friends . If the sufferer has a family , his weeping wife and helpless infants are not unfrequently the objects of his frantic fury ...
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