Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : as Well as for the Perusal of Persons of Taste : with an Appendix ...Peter B. Gleason, 1812 - 382 pagina's |
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Pagina 55
... Dionysius , the tyrant of Sicily . Their mutual friendship was so strong that they were ready to die for one another . One of the two , ( for it is not known which ) being condemned to death by SECT . I. ] 55 LESSONS IN READING .
... Dionysius , the tyrant of Sicily . Their mutual friendship was so strong that they were ready to die for one another . One of the two , ( for it is not known which ) being condemned to death by SECT . I. ] 55 LESSONS IN READING .
Pagina 56
... Sicily , showed how far he was from being happy , even whilst he abounded in riches , and all the pleasures which riches can procure . Damocles , one of his flatterers , was complimenting him upon his power , his treasures , and the ...
... Sicily , showed how far he was from being happy , even whilst he abounded in riches , and all the pleasures which riches can procure . Damocles , one of his flatterers , was complimenting him upon his power , his treasures , and the ...
Pagina 272
... Sicily . If that sentence is passed upon him which his crimes deserve , your authority , Fathers , will be venerable and sacred in the eyes of the public ; but if his great riches thould bias you in his favor , I shall still gain one ...
... Sicily . If that sentence is passed upon him which his crimes deserve , your authority , Fathers , will be venerable and sacred in the eyes of the public ; but if his great riches thould bias you in his favor , I shall still gain one ...
Pagina 273
... Sicily crowns all his works of wickedness , and finishes a lasting monument to his infamy . The mischiefs done by ... Sicilian or Roman greatness , the statues of heroes and princes , carried off ; and the temples strip- ped of the ...
... Sicily crowns all his works of wickedness , and finishes a lasting monument to his infamy . The mischiefs done by ... Sicilian or Roman greatness , the statues of heroes and princes , carried off ; and the temples strip- ped of the ...
Pagina 274
... Sicily as a spy . It was in vain that the unhappy man cried out , " I am a Roman citizen : I have served under Lucius Pretius , who is now at Panormus , and will attest my innocence . " The blood - thirsty prætor , deaf to all he could ...
... Sicily as a spy . It was in vain that the unhappy man cried out , " I am a Roman citizen : I have served under Lucius Pretius , who is now at Panormus , and will attest my innocence . " The blood - thirsty prætor , deaf to all he could ...
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