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 Virtue |
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Page 77
... CORIOLANUS was a distinguished Roman Senator and Gene . ral , who had rendered eminent services to the Republic . But these services were no security against envy and popular pre- judices . He was at length treated with great severity ...
... CORIOLANUS was a distinguished Roman Senator and Gene . ral , who had rendered eminent services to the Republic . But these services were no security against envy and popular pre- judices . He was at length treated with great severity ...
Page 78
... 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 not to relent , when he ...
... 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 not to relent , when he ...
Page 79
... Coriolanus , his heart has been no less estranged from his family than from his country . You will be convinced of this sad truth , by his own words to us at parting . When he returned home from the assembly , where he had been ...
... Coriolanus , his heart has been no less estranged from his family than from his country . You will be convinced of this sad truth , by his own words to us at parting . When he returned home from the assembly , where he had been ...
Page 81
... Coriolanus , perceiving from afar that long train of chariots , sent out some horsemen to learn the design of it . They quickly brought him word , that it was his mother , his wife , and a great number of other women , and their ...
... Coriolanus , perceiving from afar that long train of chariots , sent out some horsemen to learn the design of it . They quickly brought him word , that it was his mother , his wife , and a great number of other women , and their ...
Page 83
... Coriolanus made no attempt to interrupt 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 ...
... Coriolanus made no attempt to interrupt 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 ...
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