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He had a loud and clear voice , and articulated his words so perfectly that he might be heard and understood at a great distance , especially as his auditors observed the most perfect silence . He preached one evening from the top of ...
He had a loud and clear voice , and articulated his words so perfectly that he might be heard and understood at a great distance , especially as his auditors observed the most perfect silence . He preached one evening from the top of ...
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My answer to him was that I had read or heard of some public man who made it a rule never to ask for an office and never to refuse one when offered to him . “ I approve , ” said I , " of this rule , and shall practice it with a small ...
My answer to him was that I had read or heard of some public man who made it a rule never to ask for an office and never to refuse one when offered to him . “ I approve , ” said I , " of this rule , and shall practice it with a small ...
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COURTEOUS READER : I have heard that nothing gives an author so great pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors . This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed . For though I have been , if I may say it without ...
COURTEOUS READER : I have heard that nothing gives an author so great pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors . This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed . For though I have been , if I may say it without ...
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