Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry : Designed to Improve the Highest Class of Learners in Reading to Establish a Taste for Just and Accurate Composition, and to Promote the Interests of Piety and VirtueJohn S. Taylor, 1844 - 358 páginas |
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... Veturia , the mother of Coriolanus , to intercede with her son for our common coun- try . Veturia's prayers will bend his soul to pity . Haughty and implacable as he has hitherto appeared , he has not a heart so cruel and obdurate , as ...
... Veturia , the mother of Coriolanus , to intercede with her son for our common coun- try . Veturia's prayers will bend his soul to pity . Haughty and implacable as he has hitherto appeared , he has not a heart so cruel and obdurate , as ...
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... Veturia , conjure him to grant peace to his fellow - citizens . Cease not to beg till you have obtained . So good a man can never withstand your tears : our only hope is in you . Come then , Veturia ; the danger presses ; you have no ...
... Veturia , conjure him to grant peace to his fellow - citizens . Cease not to beg till you have obtained . So good a man can never withstand your tears : our only hope is in you . Come then , Veturia ; the danger presses ; you have no ...
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... Veturia not to refuse her country this last assistance . Overcome at length by their urgent solicitations , she promised to do as they desired . The very next day , all the most illustrious of the Roman women repaired to Veturia's house ...
... Veturia not to refuse her country this last assistance . Overcome at length by their urgent solicitations , she promised to do as they desired . The very next day , all the most illustrious of the Roman women repaired to Veturia's house ...
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... Veturia enter- ed upon the business she had undertaken . After many for- cible appeals to his understanding and patriotism , she ex- claimed : " What frenzy , what madness of anger transports my son ! Heaven is appeased by supplications ...
... Veturia enter- ed upon the business she had undertaken . After many for- cible appeals to his understanding and patriotism , she ex- claimed : " What frenzy , what madness of anger transports my son ! Heaven is appeased by supplications ...
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... Veturia while she was speaking ; and when she had ceased , he still continued in deep silence . Anger , hatred , and desire of revenge , bal- anced in his heart those softer passions , which the sight and discourse of his mother had ...
... Veturia while she was speaking ; and when she had ceased , he still continued in deep silence . Anger , hatred , and desire of revenge , bal- anced in his heart those softer passions , which the sight and discourse of his mother had ...
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