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... youth in elocution must be commenced in childhood . The first school is the nursery . There , at least , may be formed a distinct articulation , which is the first requisite for good speaking . How rarely is it found in perfection among ...
... youth in elocution must be commenced in childhood . The first school is the nursery . There , at least , may be formed a distinct articulation , which is the first requisite for good speaking . How rarely is it found in perfection among ...
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... youth of folly , an old age of cards " " and that , elsewhere , " most women had no character at all , " beyond that of purity and devotion to their families . Ad- mirable as are these qualities , it seemed an abuse of the gifts of ...
... youth of folly , an old age of cards " " and that , elsewhere , " most women had no character at all , " beyond that of purity and devotion to their families . Ad- mirable as are these qualities , it seemed an abuse of the gifts of ...
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... youth , and of which a faithful picture has been carried near to your heart , in all your wanderings ! Those who were once your neighbors and school - fellows , and whom you meet , as you come near to your father's house , either you do ...
... youth , and of which a faithful picture has been carried near to your heart , in all your wanderings ! Those who were once your neighbors and school - fellows , and whom you meet , as you come near to your father's house , either you do ...
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... youth ; and even if those objects could be furnished , it is too late , now , for you to feel for them the correspondent affection . The song of your moun- tain - stream can never more soothe your ear . The grove that you loved shall ...
... youth ; and even if those objects could be furnished , it is too late , now , for you to feel for them the correspondent affection . The song of your moun- tain - stream can never more soothe your ear . The grove that you loved shall ...
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... youth , and the irrecoverable years of youth , are often passed , not in vice , perhaps , but in frivolous amusements , or , what is worse than these , in frivolous and unmanly pursuits . LESSON XX . The same , concluded . THIS ...
... youth , and the irrecoverable years of youth , are often passed , not in vice , perhaps , but in frivolous amusements , or , what is worse than these , in frivolous and unmanly pursuits . LESSON XX . The same , concluded . THIS ...
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