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 States |
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Adversityo overcome , is the highest glory ; and willingly undergone , the greatest virtue : sufferings are but the trials of .gallant spirits . It is a Spanish maximd - he who loses wealth , loseth much ; he who loseth a friend ...
Adversityo overcome , is the highest glory ; and willingly undergone , the greatest virtue : sufferings are but the trials of .gallant spirits . It is a Spanish maximd - he who loses wealth , loseth much ; he who loseth a friend ...
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There is an odious spirit in many persons , who are better pleased to detect a fault , than commend a virtue . The worthiest people are most injured by slanderers ; as we usually find that to be the best fruit , which the birds have ...
There is an odious spirit in many persons , who are better pleased to detect a fault , than commend a virtue . The worthiest people are most injured by slanderers ; as we usually find that to be the best fruit , which the birds have ...
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Man is born for society ; without which , virtue would have no followers ; the world would be without allurements , and life without pleasures . It is natural for us to contract the passions as well as the habits of those with whom we ...
Man is born for society ; without which , virtue would have no followers ; the world would be without allurements , and life without pleasures . It is natural for us to contract the passions as well as the habits of those with whom we ...
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Indulge not desire , at the expense of the slightest article of virtue ; pass once its limits , and you fall headlong into vice . SECTION II . To be angry , is to punish myself for the fault of another . The most profitable revenge ...
Indulge not desire , at the expense of the slightest article of virtue ; pass once its limits , and you fall headlong into vice . SECTION II . To be angry , is to punish myself for the fault of another . The most profitable revenge ...
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Modestyd always sits gracefully upon youth ; it covers a multitude of faults , and doubles the luster of every virtue which it seems to hide : the perfections of men being like those flowers which appear more beautiful , when their ...
Modestyd always sits gracefully upon youth ; it covers a multitude of faults , and doubles the luster of every virtue which it seems to hide : the perfections of men being like those flowers which appear more beautiful , when their ...
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Página 293 - 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...
Página 269 - 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...
Página 291 - 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.
Página 269 - 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.
Página 202 - 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.
Página 264 - 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.
Página 263 - 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.
Página 109 - 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...
Página 153 - ... 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.
Página 181 - The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | 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 ... |
| Autor | Moses Severance |
| Editor | S.H. Henry & Company, 1835 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 28 Mar 2007 |
| Largo | 300 páginas |
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